Beefy team of sterling worth? (10)
I believe the answer is:
silverside
'sterling worth?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'beefy team' is the wordplay.
'beefy' becomes 'silver' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'silver'+'side'='SILVERSIDE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silverside that I've seen before include "piece of meat" , "Crown of a round of beef cut from the leg" , "Cut of meat" , "Joint" .)