High Mass having a major link with Islam originally, surprisingly (11)
I believe the answer is:
kilimanjaro
'high mass' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a major link with islam originally surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
The first letter of 'islam' is 'i'.
'a'+'major'+'link'+'i'='amajorlinki'
'amajorlinki' anagrammed gives 'KILIMANJARO'.
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kilimanjaro that I've seen before include "Extinct volcano in Tanzania" , "Highest mountain in Africa" , "Highest peak of Africa" , "Africa's highest peak" , "African mountain with snows" .)