A stayer gets out of position going round a bend (5)
I believe the answer is:
guest
'a stayer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'gets out of position going round a bend' is the wordplay.
'out of position' indicates an anagram.
'going round' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go around others).
'a bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'gets' is an anagram of 'gest'.
'gest' enclosing 'u' is 'GUEST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for guest that I've seen before include "company" , "Someone invited" , "Visitor, lodger" , "Invited person" , "Hotel resident" .)