A Canadian lake - before one plunged in (4)
I believe the answer is:
erie
'a canadian lake' is the definition.
'erie' can be an answer for 'lake' (Lake Erie is one of the Canadian/US 'Great Lakes'). I'm not certain of the 'a canadian' bit.
'before one plunged in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'before' could be 'ere' (poetic term) and 'ere' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "Lake between Canada and the US" , "The lake sounds weird" , "N. American lake" , "Superior companion" , "Buffalo's lake" .)
