Wherein to laze and live on the dole, initially? (3)
I believe the answer is:
bed
'wherein to laze' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'live on the dole initially?' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'initially?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'initially' mean this).
The initial letter of 'dole' is 'd'.
'be'+'d'='BED'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bed that I've seen before include "For sleep and flowers" , "One with flower, sleeper, in" , "Sleeping place" , "Bottom < layer" , "Divan" .)