Provide billet for crew in 1945? (7,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
quarter to eight
'1945?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'provide billet for crew' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'billet' could be 'quarter' ('quarter' can be a synonym of 'billet') and 'quarter' is found within the answer.
'crew' could be 'eight' (I've seen this before) and 'eight' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'to' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?