Special work by Pinter finally given an Oscar and Tony? (7)
I believe the answer is:
soprano
'special work' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'pinter finally given an oscar and tony?' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tony?' becomes 'sop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The last letter of 'pinter' is 'r'.
'an'+'o'='ano'
'r' next to 'ano' is 'rano'.
'rano' put after 'sop' is 'SOPRANO'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soprano that I've seen before include "Singer who aims high" , "High singing voice" , "Female singer" , "Singer of high notes" , "(Singer of) the highest vocal range" .)