Horny individual in dash to bed finally (5)
I believe the answer is:
eland
'horny individual' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'dash to bed finally' is the wordplay.
'dash' becomes 'elan' (synonyms).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'bed' is 'd'.
'elan'+'d'='ELAND'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eland that I've seen before include "Animal's" , "Largest living antelope" , "Large African antelope with spiral horns" , "Large spiral-horned African antelope" , "Wild beast" .)