Did surgery Edward wanted work in theatre? (5)
I believe the answer is:
opera
'work in theatre?' is the definition.
'did surgery edward wanted' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'surgery' could be 'op' (short for operation) and 'op' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'era' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Dramatic genre" , "Norma, say" , "Carmen, perhaps" , "Carmen, for instance" , "Musical in which all the words are sung" .)