Study one knight before a suitable activity? (7)
I believe the answer is:
inquest
'study' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'one knight before a suitable activity?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess abbreviation).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'a suitable activity?' becomes 'quest' (quest is a kind of activity. I am not sure about the 'suitable' bit.).
'i'+'n'+'quest'='INQUEST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inquest that I've seen before include "Inquiry into the cause of unexpected death" , "Coroner's meeting" , "Coroner's jury" , "Investigation by coroner" , "Enquiry into an incident" .)