Folded linen for middle drier here? (2,4)
I believe the answer is:
el nino
'drier here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'folded linen for middle' is the wordplay.
'folded' indicates anagramming the letters.
'middle' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'for' is 'o'.
'linen' is an anagram of 'elnin'.
'elnin'+'o'='EL NINO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for el nino that I've seen before include "Unusual Pacific condition (Sp. The Christ Child)" , "Climatic event affecting world's weather" , "What may affect the weather" , "Pacific climatic effect" , "Pacific feature affecting climate" .)