Is a father able to briefly vote for national celebration? (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
canada day
'is a father' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'able to briefly vote for national celebration?' is the wordplay.
'able' becomes 'can'.
'to briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'vote' becomes 'aye' (I've seen this in another clue).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'national celebration?' becomes 'adad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'aye' with its final letter taken off is 'ay'.
'ay' after 'adad' is 'adaday'.
'can'+'adaday'='CANADA DAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for canada day that I've seen is " when the Dominion celebrates".)