Play with attorney before midnight (5)
I believe the answer is:
today
'before midnight' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'play with attorney' is the wordplay.
'play' becomes 'toy' (synonyms).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'attorney' becomes 'DA' (district attorney).
'toy' going around 'da' is 'TODAY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for today that I've seen before include "Presently" , "Nowadays" , "The present time or age" , "Current period of 24 hours" , "At the present time, in general" .)