Where Sarah gets ahead in hairdressing? (5)
I believe the answer is:
salon
'hairdressing?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'where sarah gets ahead' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'sarah' could be 'sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah) and 'sal' is found within the answer.
'ahead' could be 'on' (synonyms) and 'on' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salon that I've seen before include "Loans given to hairdressing establishment" , "Large reception room" , "Reception room in grand house" , "Hairdresser's premises" , "Establishment of, say, beauty specialist" .)