Bird eating nuts cut head in pit? (9)
I believe the answer is:
conductor
'head in pit?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'bird eating nuts cut' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'condor' (condor is a kind of bird).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'nuts' indicates anagramming the letters (nuts can mean crazy).
'cut' with letters rearranged gives 'uct'.
'condor' enclosing 'uct' is 'CONDUCTOR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conductor that I've seen before include "leader of the orchestra" , "See 12" , "Train guard" , "Orchestral director" , "Copper is a good one" .)