Father very loudly shows goodwill occasionally with flower (8)
I believe the answer is:
daffodil
'father very loudly' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'goodwill occasionally with flower' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters (letters taken at regular intervals or occasions).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'flower' becomes 'daff' (I've seen this before).
The alternate letters of 'goodwill' are 'odil'.
'odil' put after 'daff' is 'DAFFODIL'.
'shows' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for daffodil that I've seen before include "Flower, emblem of Wales" , "Lent lily" , "Yellow-flowered narcissus" , "National flower of Wales" , "Popular yellow flower of spring - ask Wordsworth" .)