Forge item in Victorian village (5)
I believe the answer is:
anvil
'forge item' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'in victorian village' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'ANVIL' is hidden within 'victorian village'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anvil that I've seen before include "A blacksmith's iron block" , "Block in smithy" , "One getting hammered regularly" , "Smithy's last" , "Iron block; incus" .)