Fairytale gangster on a chestnut's back? (3,6,4)
I believe the answer is:
red riding hood
'fairytale' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'gangster on a chestnut's back?' is the wordplay.
'gangster' becomes 'hood' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a chestnut' becomes 'red' (chestnut is a shade of red).
'back?' becomes 'riding' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'red'+'riding'='redriding'
'hood' put after 'redriding' is 'RED RIDING HOOD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for red riding hood that I've seen before include "Girl in tale encountering wolf" , "Fairy tale character involved with a wolf" , "Little fairytale character in a cloak" .)