Saint Eustace cleared out church property (3)
I believe the answer is:
see
'church property' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'saint eustace cleared out' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'cleared out' suggests removing the centre.
'eustace' with its middle taken out is 'ee'.
's'+'ee'='SEE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for see that I've seen before include "Perceive with eyes or mind" , "Inspect" , "Watch, equal (a bet)" , "Perceive a bishopric" , "Observe a bishopric" .)