Utensil often found in the works (7)
I believe the answer is:
spanner
'the works' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'utensil often' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'utensil' could be 'pan' (pan is a kind of utensil) and 'pan' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'found in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spanner that I've seen before include "Bolt tightener" , "Nut tightener" , "murder weapon" , "Common tool" , "In the works, this tool is an obstacle" .)