Did he do some gardening on the day he was knighted? (5)
I believe the answer is:
drake
'did he do some gardening on' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'day he was knighted?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'day' could be 'd' (abbreviation for day) and 'd' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rake' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "old sailor" , "Hoe user" , "Male water-bird" , "adventurer from Devon" , "-'s Drum (Newbolt)" .)