In communist land Tory almost sitting duck? (9)
I believe the answer is:
incubator
'sitting duck?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in communist land tory almost' is the wordplay.
'communist land' becomes 'cuba' (Cuba is an example. I am not sure about the 'communist' bit.).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'tory' with its last letter taken off is 'tor'.
'in'+'cuba'+'tor'='INCUBATOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for incubator that I've seen before include "Artificial substitute for a hen's warmth" , "Apparatus for hatching eggs" , "Place of growing culture" , "hospital apparatus" , "warmer" .)