Blokes in A&E returned for medical intervention (5)
I believe the answer is:
enema
'medical intervention' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'blokes in ae returned' is the wordplay.
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'returned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'men' placed into 'ae' is 'amene'.
'amene' in reverse letter order is 'ENEMA'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enema that I've seen before include "Procedure for vacating the bowels" , "In the end medical procedure" , "Medication introduced from behind" , "Rectal medicine" , "Colonic irrigation" .)