He'll get stuck into workers before subsequently dismissing leader (8)
I believe the answer is:
anteater
'he'll get stuck' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'workers before subsequently dismissing leader' is the wordplay.
'workers before' becomes 'ante' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'subsequently' becomes 'after' (I've seen this before).
'dismissing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'leader' becomes 'f' (I have seen 'German leader ' mean 'f' so perhaps 'leader' could also mean 'f').
'after' with 'f' taken away is 'ater'.
'ante'+'ater'='ANTEATER'
'into' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anteater that I've seen before include "soldiers killed by this?" , "Insect consumer" , "Long-snouted insectivore" , "Animal with a long snout and sticky tongue" , "Long tongued creature" .)