In which sat the head of organisation shakily? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
hot seat
'in' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'sat the head of organisation shakily?' is the wordplay.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'shakily?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'shakily' mean this).
The initial letter of 'organisation' is 'o'.
'sat'+'the'+'o'='sattheo'
'sattheo' anagrammed gives 'HOT SEAT'.
'which' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hot seat that I've seen before include "punishment?" , "Position at top" , "Difficult situation" , "from which bottom quick to rise?" , "Uncomfortable or tricky situation (informal)" .)