Scrambled egg covering over fish outside pub in place settings? (9)
I believe the answer is:
geography
'place settings?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'scrambled egg covering over fish outside pub' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'egg' could be 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'pub' could be 'ph' (abbreviation) and 'ph' is located in the answer.
'covering' could be 'gray' (gray is a kind of covering) and 'gray' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'ge' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for geography that I've seen before include "The study of the earth" , "Study of earth's topography and man's responses to it" , "Science of the surface of the earth and its inhabitants" , "school subject" , "Scientific study of earth's surface" .)