Engrave and clip the ends off items worn around the neck (5)
I believe the answer is:
carve
'engrave' is the definition.
(I know that engrave is a more specific form of the action carve)
'clip the ends off items worn around the neck' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'ca' (circa) and 'ca' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carve that I've seen before include "Chisel, sculpt" , "fashion" , "produced by desire, with a shifting to the left" , "Slice (joint)" , "Cut (meat, stone, etc)" .)