A place in the sticks, perhaps? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
tree house
'a place' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tree house that I've seen before include "Building in the branches" , "in which children play" , "Children's play space in the branches" , "Two kinds of box" .)