California suspends Scottish Johnny in sea? (7)
I believe the answer is:
caspian
'johnny in sea?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'california suspends scottish' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'california' could be 'ca' (abbreviation) and 'ca' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caspian that I've seen before include "World's largest inland sea" , "-- Sea, inland lake" , "Prince --, Narnia book" .)