Where plans are made for choosing committee (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
drawing board
'where plans are made' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'choosing committee' is the wordplay.
'choosing' becomes 'drawing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'committee' becomes 'board' (board is a kind of committee).
'drawing'+'board'='DRAWING-BOARD'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drawing board that I've seen before include "Planning stage of project" , "One may have to go back to it" , "Something to go back to when stuck" , "Back to it, for complete rethink" , "Flat draughtsman's surface (often gone back to)" .)