Ploy to accommodate maiden who may be homeless? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tramp
'ploy to accommodate maiden who may be homeless?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'ploy to accommodate maiden' is the wordplay.
'ploy' becomes 'trap' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to accommodate' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'trap' placed around 'm' is 'TRAMP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tramp that I've seen before include "Walk noisily; vagrant" , "Lady or gentleman of the road or roving ship" , "March heavily like hobo" , "Walk heavily, as when weary, or through mud" , "Tread heavily (on)" .)