In which elves go sailing around Spithead? (6)
I believe the answer is:
vessel
'in' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'elves go sailing around spithead?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'spithead?' could be 's' (head letter of 'spit') and 's' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'elves' is 'vesel' which is located in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'which' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vessel that I've seen before include "Ship, or artery" , "Ship or large boat" , "A ship, a cup" , "Blood-carrying tube or a ship" , "Container for liquid or craft for water" .)