A beautiful ringing note? (5)
I believe the answer is:
belle
'a beautiful ringing note?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'ringing note?' is the wordplay.
'ringing' becomes 'bell ringing' (bell ringing is a kind of ringing).
'note?' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'bell'+'e'='BELLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "Pretty girl" , "Beautiful woman - of the ball?" , "Most attractive girl" , "Lovely girl" , "Attractive woman" .)