Put the wrong cards on the table, perhaps (7)
I believe the answer is:
misdeal
'put' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'wrong cards on the table perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'wrong' could be 'mis' (similar in meaning) and 'mis' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misdeal that I've seen before include "Faulty distribution" , "Give out the cards wrongly" , "Faulty issue of cards" , "Give out cards incorrectly" , "Right hand that isn't" .)