Diligent investigator seeing Trotters acquiring Reliant Regal initially (6)
I believe the answer is:
ferret
'diligent investigator' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'trotters acquiring reliant regal initially' is the wordplay.
'trotters' becomes 'feet' (trotters are pigs' feet).
'acquiring' is an insertion indicator.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'reliant regal' is 'rr'.
'feet' enclosing 'rr' is 'FERRET'.
'seeing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ferret that I've seen before include "Jill perhaps" , "European polecat bred for hunting rabbits" , "Rabbit-unearthing animal" , "Small polecat" , "Small fierce animal - good hunting rabbits" .)