Playing Snake with a PC fried floppy discs (8)
I believe the answer is:
pancakes
'fried floppy discs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'playing snake with a pc' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'pc'='apc'
'snake' put after 'apc' is 'apcsnake'.
'apcsnake' anagrammed gives 'PANCAKES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pancakes that I've seen before include "Traditional fare on Shrove Tuesday" , "airplane lands awkwardly" , "Thin pieces of batter for Shrove Tuesday" , "They're traditional on Shrove Tuesday" , "Traditional sweetmeats cooked on Shrove Tuesday" .)