What the last man did? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ended
'what the last man did?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'the last man did?' is the wordplay.
'last' suggests the final letters.
'man' becomes 'N' (knight, a man in chess).
'did?' becomes 'ded' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'e'+'n'+'ded'='ENDED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ended that I've seen before include "Brought to a close" , "Broke off; finished" , "Acclaim" , "Brought to a finish" , "Culminated" .)