Take a course in seamanship? (5)
I believe the answer is:
steer
'seamanship?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'take a course' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is located in the answer.
'course' could be 's' and 's' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'tee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steer that I've seen before include "bovine individual?" , "piece of advice" , "Cattle - guide" , "Cattle - drive" , "Guide (eg, a ship)" .)