Large brewer run by Victor in an island state (7)
I believe the answer is:
samovar
'large brewer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'run by victor in an island state' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'an island state' becomes 'samoa'.
'v' put inside 'samoa' is 'samova'.
'r' after 'samova' is 'SAMOVAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samovar that I've seen before include "tea provider" , "source of drink" , "Russian urn to boil water for tea" , "tea maker" , "Spoken" .)