Play restaged in top lakeside spot? (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
lily pad
'lakeside spot?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'play restaged in top' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'play' is 'lypa' which is present in the answer.
'top' could be 'lid' (lid is a kind of top) and 'lid' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lily pad that I've seen before include "Frog's perch in lake" , "Frog's floating support?" , "Frog's floating home?" , "Water feature of floating leaves" , "Pond feature upon which a frog may sit" .)