Short holiday maker gives platter plunger to Spooner (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
day tripper
'maker gives platter plunger to spooner' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'short holiday' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'holiday' could be 'trip' (I've seen this before) and 'trip' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for day tripper that I've seen before include "tourist" , "Excursionist" , "Beatles record" .)