Lieutenant gets song as an attachment (6)
I believe the answer is:
lariat
'an attachment' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'lieutenant gets song' is the wordplay.
'lieutenant' becomes 'lt' (abbreviation for lieutenant).
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'song' becomes 'aria' (aria is a kind of song).
'lt' going around 'aria' is 'LARIAT'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lariat that I've seen before include "Cowcatcher" , "Line of cowboy" , "Cattle-catching rope" , "A cowboy's rope for catching cattle" , "Rope with running loop at one end" .)