Rake around front of garden, unpleasant piece of work? (5)
I believe the answer is:
rogue
'unpleasant piece of work?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'rake around front of garden' is the wordplay.
'rake' becomes 'roue' (both can mean an immoral man).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'garden' is 'g'.
'roue' enclosing 'g' is 'ROGUE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rogue that I've seen before include "Scoundrel, knave" , "Profligate" , "Rascal or reprobate" , "Stray" , "A dishonest or unprincipled person" .)