A new church in a valley – location of mountain tragedy? (9)
I believe the answer is:
avalanche
'location of mountain tragedy?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a new church in a valley' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'new church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'new' bit.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'valley' becomes 'vale' (synonyms).
'an'+'ch'='anch'
'a'+'vale'='avale'
'anch' going within 'avale' is 'AVALANCHE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avalanche that I've seen before include "big fall" , "Come down heavily" , "great fall" , "Large snow or rock fall" , "Landfall" .)