Axe that evenly slices possibly crude meat (6)
I believe the answer is:
oxtail
'meat' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'axe that evenly slices possibly crude' is the wordplay.
'evenly' means one should take alternating letters (the letters in even-numbered positions).
'slices' is an insertion indicator (some letters slice into others).
'possibly crude' becomes 'oil' (crude oil is a type of oil).
'axe'+'that'='axethat'
The alternating letters of 'axethat' are 'xta'.
'xta' put within 'oil' is 'OXTAIL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oxtail that I've seen before include "Sort of soup" , "Part of cattle, used especially in soup" , "Soup base" , "Hind projection of cattle, good for soup" , "A brown soup" .)