Are such monks apt to catch things? (8)
I believe the answer is:
trappist
'are' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'monks apt to catch things?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'catch' could be 'trap' (trapping is a kind of catching) and 'trap' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'such' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trappist that I've seen before include "Monk vowed to silence" , "Holy man of very few words!" , "Order (of monks) noted for vow of silence" , "Austere (and silent) monk" , "Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and silence" .)