Collective morning ritual for nude-nuts? (5)
I believe the answer is:
combo
'collective' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'morning ritual for nude-nuts?' is the wordplay.
'morning ritual for' becomes 'comb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'nude' indicates the central letters (the word is stripped of its outer letters).
'nuts?' becomes 'loony' (synonyms).
The central letter of 'loony' is 'o'.
'comb'+'o'='COMBO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for combo that I've seen before include "group of players" , "Music group" , "Small (jazz or rock) band" , "Small pop group" , "musicians" .)