Hoy cycled after great sporting cry (5-2)
I believe the answer is:
tally-ho
'sporting cry' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'hoy cycled after great' is the wordplay.
'cycled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'great' becomes 'tall' (both can mean large).
'hoy' is an anagram of 'yho'.
'yho' after 'tall' is 'TALLY-HO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tally-ho that I've seen before include "Hunter's cry" , "Come on, hounds!" , "Hunt cry" , ""I've seen the fox!"" , "Huntsman's cry" .)