What the fool, the silly chap, has on his head? (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
cloth cap
'what the fool the silly chap has on his head?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'silly chap has on his head?' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'on his head?' becomes 'clot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'chap' with letters rearranged gives 'hcap'.
'hcap' enclosing 'clot' is 'CLOTH-CAP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cloth cap that I've seen before include "Stereotypical headgear for the working classes" , "Flat hat" , "Flat headgear" .)
