Organisms present in dressed crab I ate? (8)
I believe the answer is:
bacteria
'organisms present' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'dressed crab i ate?' is the wordplay.
'dressed' is an anagram indicator ('dress' can mean 'prepare').
'crab'+'i'+'ate'='crabiate'
'crabiate' with letters rearranged gives 'BACTERIA'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bacteria that I've seen before include "Microscopic organisms, good and bad" , "Care a bit about sources of diseases" , "Caberet I perform for the tiny organisms" , "Care a bit about these micro-organisms" , "Tiny organisms, may be good or bad" .)