The crack of dawn? (5,2,3)
'the crack of dawn?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'crack of dawn?' is the wordplay.
'crack' becomes 'break'.
'dawn?' becomes 'day' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'break'+'of'+'day'='BREAK OF DAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for break of day that I've seen before include "Dawn" , "First light" .)
'the crack of dawn?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'the crack' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'crack' could be 'break' and 'break' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'day' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for daybreak that I've seen before include "Dawn" , "Cockcrow" , "Sunrise" , "very short holiday" , "When light first appears" .)