Ready to go to church and mend things (5)
I believe the answer is:
patch
'mend things' is the definition.
'patch' can be an answer for 'mend' (patching is a kind of mending). I am not sure about the 'things' bit.
'ready to go to church' is the wordplay.
'ready' becomes 'pat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to go to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'pat'+'ch'='PATCH'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patch that I've seen before include "Covering material" , "Piece of cloth as decoration or to cover a hole" , "temporary repair" , "Mend with extra piece" , "Small piece of ground" .)