Wages in retirement? Just talk (3)
I believe the answer is:
yap
'talk' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'wages in retirement?' is the wordplay.
'wages' becomes 'pay' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in retirement?' says the letters should be written backwards (retire can mean to go back or backwards).
'pay' written backwards gives 'YAP'.
'just' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yap that I've seen before include "Pay up for shrill bark (3" , "Gab" , "Chatter at length" , "Natter; small dog's bark" , "Bark like a tiny dog - speak constantly" .)