Tough one overcoming evil, fragile thing? (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
tea service
'fragile thing?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tough one overcoming evil' is the wordplay.
'tough one' becomes 'teaser' (I've seen this in another clue).
'overcoming' says to put letters next to each other (some letters are written over others).
'evil' becomes 'vice' (vice is a kind of evil).
'teaser'+'vice'='TEA-SERVICE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tea service that I've seen before include "Cups, saucers, plates, etc" , "crockery" , "China possibly" , "China pieces" , "that may be brought to the table" .)