They may be given work at last? Nonsense (8)
I believe the answer is:
cobblers
'nonsense' is the definition.
(I know that cobblers is a type of nonsense)
'they may be given work at last?' is the wordplay.
'they may' becomes 'rs' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'be given' says to put letters next to each other.
'work at last?' becomes 'cobble' (I've seen this before).
'rs' after 'cobble' is 'COBBLERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cobblers that I've seen before include "drinks > moonshine" , "They make and mend shoes" , "They used the last" , "fruit drinks" , "Shoe-menders" .)