Make British premier alight to see something constructed by Northern Irish youths (7)
I believe the answer is:
bonfire
'make' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'british premier alight to see something constructed by northern irish youths' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'british' could be 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC') and 'b' is present in the answer.
'alight' could be 'onfire' (synonyms) and 'onfire' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bonfire that I've seen before include "If Ron be outside, is he alight?" , "Guy Fawkes conflagration?" , "Large outdoor blaze" , "lit up in the garden" , "Feature of Guy Fawkes night" .)