Continent holding back world money - delightful stuff! (8)
I believe the answer is:
ambrosia
'delightful stuff' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'continent holding back world money' is the wordplay.
'continent' becomes 'asia' (Asia is an example).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'world' becomes 'orb' (I have seen 'The World' mean 'orb' so perhaps 'world' could also mean 'orb').
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation used in economics).
'orb'+'m'='orbm'
'orbm' backwards is 'mbro'.
'asia' going around 'mbro' is 'AMBROSIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ambrosia that I've seen before include "Legendary food bringing immortality" , "Wonderful food" , "Beebread" , "food for Olympians" , "Divine food" .)