Nurses run and pull up examples of this (10)
I believe the answer is:
palindrome
'this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'nurses run and pull up examples of' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'run' could be 'r' (cricket abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palindrome that I've seen before include "which looks the same from the other side" , "Mum, perhaps" , "E.g. mum, dad" , "Word as kayak, refer" , "madam, perhaps" .)