Autumnal work for army type? (7)
I believe the answer is:
octopus
'army type?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'autumnal work' is the wordplay.
'autumnal' becomes 'oct' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'work' becomes 'opus' (an opus is an artistic work).
'oct'+'opus'='OCTOPUS'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for octopus that I've seen before include "From influential organisation" , "something from La Mer?" , "Creature with eight tentacles" , "Cop-outs (anag.)" , "Sea creature's tentacles served as food" .)