Committee to consider war transport? (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
think-tank
'committee' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'consider war transport?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'consider' could be 'think' (I've seen this before) and 'think' is found in the answer.
'transport?' could be 'tank' (tank is a kind of transport) and 'tank' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for think-tank that I've seen before include "Group producing ideas and solutions" , "Group of experts considering specific problems" , "Group of specialists considering problem(s)" , "Group of experts providing advice, often on national matters" , "Specialist group investigating specific problem" .)