Will fruit put in drinks finish in lemonade? (11)
I believe the answer is:
shakespeare
'will' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'fruit put in drinks finish in lemonade?' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'put in' indicates putting letters inside.
'drinks' becomes 'shakes' (shake is a kind of drink).
'finish in' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'lemonade' is 'e'.
'shakes'+'e'='shakese'
'pear' placed inside 'shakese' is 'SHAKESPEARE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shakespeare that I've seen before include "English playwright" , "English poet" , "No 1 poet" , "See 12" , "The Swan of Avon" .)