Leads in English Sunday papers: Old Italian Shot (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'italian shot' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'leads in english sunday papers old' is the wordplay.
'leads in' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'lead in' mean this).
'papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
The initial letters of 'english sunday' is 'es'.
'es'+'press'+'o'='ESPRESSO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Type of coffee" , "Barista's beverage" , "Kind of shot" , "Italian strong coffee traditionally in a little cup" , "that's stimulating" .)