Crowd surrounding soldiers in swampy region (6)
I believe the answer is:
morass
'swampy region' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'crowd surrounding soldiers' is the wordplay.
'crowd' becomes 'mass' (massing is a kind of crowding).
'surrounding' indicates putting letters inside.
'soldiers' becomes 'OR' (Other Ranks).
'mass' placed around 'or' is 'MORASS'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for morass that I've seen before include "Bog - situation hard to get out of" , "Tract of soft, wet ground" , "Bog; confused situation" , "Mire, quagmire" , "Slough - marsh" .)