Princess first in salon, back for quick Brazilian (5)
I believe the answer is:
senna
'quick brazilian' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'princess first in salon back' is the wordplay.
'princess' becomes 'Anne' (Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth).
'first in salon' becomes 's' (1st letter of 'salon').
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'anne'+'s'='annes'
'annes' written backwards gives 'SENNA'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for senna that I've seen before include "taking this to speed up motion?" , "Natural laxative" , "Laxative from pods" , "Late driver" , "He drove fast" .)