Open loan tailored for Mister Solo? (8)
I believe the answer is:
napoleon
'mister solo?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'open loan tailored' is the wordplay.
'tailored' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters are customised ).
'open'+'loan'='openloan'
'openloan' with letters rearranged gives 'NAPOLEON'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for napoleon that I've seen before include "Open loan to the French general. strangely" , "Frenchman known as The Little Corporal" , "Leading pig in Animal Farm" , "card game" , "A pig farmer was chased by" .)