Metal in front of galley for onboard activity? (7)
I believe the answer is:
ironing
'activity?' is the definition.
(ironing is a kind of activity)
'metal in front of galley' is the wordplay.
'metal' becomes 'iron' (iron is a metal).
'front of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'galley' is 'g'.
'iron'+'in'+'g'='IRONING'
'for onboard' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ironing that I've seen before include "Household task" , "Pressing and smoothing" , "Smoothing clothes, etc" , "Pressing clothes" , "A housework chore" .)