Flier from RAF but it crashed (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
fruit bat
'flier' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'raf but it crashed' is the wordplay.
'crashed' is an anagram indicator.
'raf'+'but'+'it'='rafbutit'
'rafbutit' with letters rearranged gives 'FRUIT-BAT'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fruit bat that I've seen before include "Large flying mammal" , "Long-snouted, large-eyed nectar feeder" , "Flying fox, for example" , "Flying fox; bait turf (anag.)" .)