Needing work welding elevated brackets (4)
I believe the answer is:
idle
'needing work welding elevated brackets' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'work welding elevated brackets' is the wordplay.
'brackets' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (the answer is contained or bracketed by the clue).
'elevated' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'eldi' is hidden in the letters of 'work welding'.
'eldi' backwards is 'IDLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "Frivolous" , "loiter aimlessly" , "without purpose" , "goalless" , "Fruitless" .)