What weapon a highly appreciated actor takes (7)
I believe the answer is:
longbow
'what weapon a highly appreciated actor takes' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'what weapon' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 'long' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'weapon' becomes 'bow' (bow is a kind of weapon).
'long'+'bow'='LONGBOW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for longbow that I've seen before include "taken up by The Archers" , "missile-launcher" , "Archer's weapon" , "Weapon shooting arrows" , "Robin Hood's weapon" .)