Carry fifth child? (4)
I believe the answer is:
tote
'carry' is the definition.
(I know that carry can be written as tote)
'fifth child?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'child?' could be 'tot' (term for a young child) and 'tot' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tote that I've seen before include "Bear" , "holdall" , "System of betting on horse races" , "Carry - betting system" , "Carry (a gun)" .)