Key dialect for slow mover (8)
I believe the answer is:
escargot
'slow mover' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'key dialect' is the wordplay.
'key' becomes 'esc' ('Escape' key on a computer keyboard).
'dialect' becomes 'argot' (I've seen this in another clue).
'esc'+'argot'='ESCARGOT'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "Hardly fast food" , "national delicacy" , "Cart goes carrying edible French snail" , "French food" , "A dish of cooked land snails" .)