An addition to the family? (3)
I believe the answer is:
tot
'family?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'an addition to the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tot that I've seen before include "finger, possibly" , "nipper" , "Small drink; accumulate" , "Small drink of spirits" , "Small quantity of alcoholic drink" .)