Nearly ignoring nobleman recalling sight seen on safari? (5)
I believe the answer is:
nyala
'sight seen on safari?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'nearly ignoring nobleman recalling' is the wordplay.
'ignoring' is a deletion indicator.
'nobleman' becomes 'earl' (member of the nobility).
'recalling' becomes 'a la' ('a la' something means in a way reminiscent of it).
'nearly' with 'earl' removed is 'ny'.
'ny'+'ala'='NYALA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nyala that I've seen before include "South African antelope - Sudanese city" , "Spiral-horned antelope" , "wild animal" , "South African resident" , "one of a herd" .)