Boring American government with plump monopolist (9)
I believe the answer is:
groundhog
'boring american' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'government with plump monopolist' is the wordplay.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'plump' becomes 'round' (plump can mean round or full).
'monopolist' becomes 'hog' (I've seen this in another clue).
'g'+'round'+'hog'='GROUNDHOG'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for groundhog that I've seen before include "Woodchuck" , "rodent" , "US native" , "Burrowing animal" .)