Soccer team backed bringing in that chap, top man in hot surroundings? (4)
I believe the answer is:
chef
'top man in hot surroundings?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'soccer team backed bringing in that chap' is the wordplay.
'soccer team' becomes 'fc' (football club).
'backed' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'bringing in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'that chap' becomes 'he' ().
'fc' reversed gives 'cf'.
'cf' placed around 'he' is 'CHEF'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chef that I've seen before include "Chief male cook in restaurant" , "French master" , "member of kitchen staff" , "Key kitchen worker" , "Cooker?" .)