Cause of spot of bother on country walk? (7)
I believe the answer is:
bramble
'cause' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'spot of bother on country walk?' is the wordplay.
'spot of' indicates taking the first letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'country walk?' becomes 'ramble' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'bother' is 'b'.
'b'+'ramble'='BRAMBLE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bramble that I've seen before include "Thorny bush" , "Source of fruit" , "berries" , "Blackberry plant" , "Dog rose" .)