Whence the hands managed to get to church? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ranch
'whence the hands' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'managed to get to church?' is the wordplay.
'managed to get' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to church?' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "stock holding?" , "Run a cattle farm" , "Agricultural complex" , "American cattle farm" , "Stock farm in US, Aus." .)