Who provides tree surgery in estate? (7)
I believe the answer is:
caterer
'who' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'tree surgery in estate?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'tree' is 'tere' which is within the answer.
'estate?' could be 'car' (estate is a type of car) and 'car' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'provides' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caterer that I've seen before include "Someone providing food and service" , "One providing food and drink" , "Provider of refreshments" , "One providing food and service for a party" , "One supplying needs" .)