Turned up what thieves might hide and drop here? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
tool shed
'here?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'turned up what thieves might hide and drop' is the wordplay.
'turned up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'what thieves might hide' becomes 'loot' (loot is stolen goods).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'drop' becomes 'shed' (synonyms).
'loot' in reverse letter order is 'tool'.
'tool'+'shed'='TOOL-SHED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tool shed that I've seen before include "Home for spanners and saws?" , "hammer home, perhaps" , "outhouse" , "Garden store" , "Construction in garden" .)