Soprano taking time out in old foreign capital (9)
I believe the answer is:
schilling
'old foreign capital' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'soprano taking time out in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'soprano' could be 's' (musical abbreviation) and 's' is located in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for schilling that I've seen before include "Formerly the basic unit of money in Austria" , "Money not around any more!" , "Old Austrian currency" , "Old Viennese piece" .)