An ultimate self-catering holiday? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
ego trip
'an ultimate self-catering holiday?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'self-catering holiday?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'self' could be 'ego' (synonyms) and 'ego' is present in the answer.
'holiday?' could be 'trip' (I've seen this before) and 'trip' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ego trip that I've seen before include "Self-important actions" , "Act done to increase one's self-importance" , "Activity devoted to boosting one's self-esteem" , "Self-centred journey?" , "Exercise in self-indulgence" .)