Operate a cam internally to follow a course of lunch? (10,5)
I believe the answer is:
alimentary canal
'course of lunch?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'operate a cam internally to follow a' is the wordplay.
'operate' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'cam'+'internally'='acaminternally'
'acaminternally' with letters rearranged gives 'limentarycanal'.
'limentarycanal' after 'a' is 'ALIMENTARY CANAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for alimentary canal that I've seen is " gut".)