Something to bake on many a morning? (4)
I believe the answer is:
clam
'morning?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'something to bake on many a' is the wordplay.
'something' becomes 'cl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to bake' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'baked' mean this).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'many' becomes 'M' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'm' next to 'a' is 'ma'.
'ma' with letters rearranged gives 'am'.
'cl'+'am'='CLAM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clam that I've seen before include "One is as uncommunicative as a mollusc" , "Secretive person - mollusc" , "Large bivalve mollusc" , "Proverbially reticent marine mollusc" , "Mollusc with tightly-closed shell" .)