Oil change needed after a journey in North Africa (7)
I believe the answer is:
tripoli
'north africa' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'oil change needed after a journey' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates an anagram.
'needed after' says to put letters next to each other.
'a journey' becomes 'trip' (trip is a kind of journey).
'oil' is an anagram of 'oli'.
'oli' after 'trip' is 'TRIPOLI'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tripoli that I've seen before include "North African capital" , "North African port" , "Libyan city" , "North African city" , "Middle East port" .)