Churchill's strength? Love rat Conservative scratching his head (7)
I believe the answer is:
oratory
'his head' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'churchill's strength? love rat conservative scratching' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'conservative' could be 'tory' (informal term for a Conservative Party member) and 'tory' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ra' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oratory that I've seen before include "Rhetorical language" , "Public speaking - eloquence" , "Rhetoric - chapel" , "Art of speech" , "formal speech" .)