Rafter most weary when smashing? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
tom sawyer
'rafter' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'most weary when smashing?' is the wordplay.
'when smashing?' indicates anagramming the letters.
'most'+'weary'='mostweary'
'mostweary' with letters rearranged gives 'TOM SAWYER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tom sawyer that I've seen before include "Mark Twain's adventurous boy" , "Boy hero of Mark Twain novel" , "Work" , "Hero of book" , "book's hero" .)