American in Soho, tube heaving, gets home for eight (9)
I believe the answer is:
boathouse
'home for eight' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'american in soho tube heaving' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'heaving' is an anagram indicator (letters thrown or heaved around).
'soho'+'tube'='sohotube'
'sohotube' anagrammed gives 'bothouse'.
'a' inserted within 'bothouse' is 'BOATHOUSE'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for boathouse that I've seen before include "Riverside structure" , "Bank building" , "Riverside construction" , "building by water's edge" .)