Fancy circles marry off stock holder (8)
I believe the answer is:
farmyard
'stock holder' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'fancy circles marry off' is the wordplay.
'fancy' becomes 'fad' (I've seen this in other clues).
'circles' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'marry' with letters rearranged gives 'rmyar'.
'fad' placed around 'rmyar' is 'FARMYARD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for farmyard that I've seen before include "Rural enclosure" , "Central part of agricultural unit" , "Agricultural enclosure" , "Fry drama (anag)" , "Marry fad (anag)" .)