Creamed rice and milk, type Lear liked? (8)
I believe the answer is:
limerick
'type lear liked?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'creamed rice and milk' is the wordplay.
'creamed' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'cream' mean this (letters blended or creamed into a new order)).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rice'+'milk'='ricemilk'
'ricemilk' is an anagram of 'LIMERICK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for limerick that I've seen before include "Five-lined poem" , "Irish county and port" , "Rhyme" , "Humorous poem of 5 lines, and Irish county" , "port used in Ireland" .)