What makes us buy too much cutlery? I'd ordered in error (9)
I believe the answer is:
credulity
'what makes us buy too' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'much cutlery? i'd ordered in error' is the wordplay.
'much' means to remove the last letter (much but not all of the word).
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'in error' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cutlery' with its final letter taken off is 'cutler'.
'cutler'+'id'='cutlerid'
'cutlerid' is an anagram of 'credulit'.
'credulit'+'y'='CREDULITY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for credulity that I've seen before include "Lack of worldly wisdom" , "naivety" , "Willingness to swallow anything" , "Disposition to believe without sufficient evidence" , "Tendency to believe anything" .)