Would he mend a chair when on the road? (7)
I believe the answer is:
richard
'would he' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'mend a chair when on the road?' is the wordplay.
'mend' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'mended' mean this).
'when on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the road?' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'chair' anagrammed gives 'richa'.
'richa'+'rd'='RICHARD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for richard that I've seen before include "Mr Hannay" , "& 20 Down US President" , "'Beau' Nash's first name" , "-- Wagner, composer" , "Cliff --; -- Wagner" .)