Room for experimentation involving maiden as Easter sacrifice? (4)
I believe the answer is:
lamb
'easter sacrifice?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'room for experimentation involving maiden' is the wordplay.
'room for experimentation' becomes 'lab'.
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'lab' enclosing 'm' is 'LAMB'.
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lamb that I've seen before include "English essayist" , "Young creature" , "Meaty" , "Meekest" , "Charles ---, essayist; meek animal" .)