Second graduate has morning routine (5)
I believe the answer is:
samba
'routine' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'second graduate has morning' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'morning' becomes 'am'.
's'+'ba'='sba'
'sba' enclosing 'am' is 'SAMBA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samba that I've seen before include "Dance music" , "moves from Brazil" , "Dance, originally from Brazil" , "South American dance" , "Lively ballroom dance from Brazil" .)