Unusual thing to have bloke close to union at? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
hen night
'unusual thing to' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'bloke close to union at?' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'at?' becomes 'night' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'union' is 'n'.
'he'+'n'+'night'='HEN NIGHT'
'have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hen night that I've seen before include "party of girls" , "Bride-to-be's party" , "Pre-wedding celebration for ladies only" , "Bridal celebration" , "Amusing the girls, bash" .)