Wash an article for a bachelor (5)
I believe the answer is:
bathe
'wash' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'an article for a bachelor' is the wordplay.
'an article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech**).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'a bachelor' becomes 'ba' (the qualification: Bachelor of Arts).
'the' put after 'ba' is 'BATHE'.
(Other definitions for bathe that I've seen before include "Bask" , "Swim for pleasure, and clean oneself" , "bit of swimming" , "Go swimming" , "Take dip in sea" .)