Mink, sod and golf ground - animal, vegetable and mineral? (8)
I believe the answer is:
kingdoms
'animal vegetable and mineral?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'mink sod and golf ground' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'mink'+'sod'+'g'='minksodg'
'minksodg' is an anagram of 'KINGDOMS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kingdoms that I've seen before include "Lands of monarchs" , "Domains of royalty" .)