Repair shop said to provide bathroom item (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
soap dish
'bathroom item' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'repair shop said' is the wordplay.
'repair' is an anagram indicator (letters are fixed or repaired).
'shop'+'said'='shopsaid'
'shopsaid' anagrammed gives 'SOAP-DISH'.
'to provide' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap dish that I've seen before include "Bathroom receptacle" , "bathroom accessory" , "Bathroom fitment" .)