European worker probes row about German growth (9)
I believe the answer is:
eglantine
'growth' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'european worker probes row about german' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'worker' could be 'ant' (worker is a type of ant) and 'ant' is found in the answer.
'row' could be 'line' (as in a row of things) and 'line' is found in the remaining letters.
'german' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eglantine that I've seen before include "Wild rose, sweet briar" , "Sweetbriar, inelegant in a way" , "Sweet brier" , "Milton's honeysuckle" , "Inelegant (anag.); wild rose" .)