Scottish chemist in action after idea uncovered? (5)
I believe the answer is:
dewar
'scottish chemist' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'action after idea uncovered?' is the wordplay.
'action' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of action**).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'uncovered?' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'idea' is 'de'.
'war' after 'de' is 'DEWAR'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for dewar that I've seen is " Low-temperature flask".)