A sherry I ordered in Scotland (8)
I believe the answer is:
ayrshire
'scotland' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'a sherry i ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'sherry'+'i'='sherryi'
'sherryi' with letters rearranged gives 'yrshire'.
'a'+'yrshire'='AYRSHIRE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ayrshire that I've seen before include "Breed of dairy cattle has rye hairs" , "Historic county of Scotland" , "Old county; cattle breed" , "Hardy breed of Scottish dairy cattle" , "lower" .)