Pay attention to vehicle reversing in confined space (9)
I believe the answer is:
courtyard
'confined space' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'pay attention to vehicle reversing' is the wordplay.
'pay attention to' becomes 'court' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'vehicle' becomes 'dray' (type of cart).
'reversing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'dray' backwards is 'yard'.
'court'+'yard'='COURTYARD'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for courtyard that I've seen before include "enclosed area" , "Open-air enclosure attached to a house" , "Enclosure open to the sky attached to a house" , "Area surrounded by walls or buildings" , "Dry out car in space enclosed by buildings" .)