New parents close to font here? (8)
I believe the answer is:
transept
'here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'new parents close to font' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'close to' suggests the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
The final letter of 'font' is 't'.
'parents' is an anagram of 'transep'.
'transep'+'t'='TRANSEPT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for transept that I've seen before include "Part of a church - patterns (anag)" , "Part of church off aisle" , "Section of church" , "Something dividing church in two" , "Part of church intersecting nave" .)