Where many blokes with a little time hold trowel finally? (9)
I believe the answer is:
allotment
'where many blokes with a little time hold trowel finally?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'where many blokes with a little time' is the wordplay.
'where many' becomes 'allot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'allot'+'men'+'t'='ALLOTMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for allotment that I've seen before include "Portion, distribution" , "share in growing concern?" , "patch" , "Small rented gardening plot" , "Distribution of shares" .)