Part of Dutch crop that's left I fed to sheep (5)
I believe the answer is:
tulip
'part of dutch crop' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'left i fed to sheep' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'fed to' indicates putting letters inside.
'sheep' becomes 'tup' (tup is a kind of sheep).
'l'+'i'='li'
'li' going inside 'tup' is 'TULIP'.
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tulip that I've seen before include "Plant of the lily family with a single showy flower" , "Plant, it's name shares an origin with turban" , "Popular garden flower from Amsterdam?" , "Flower of the Netherlands" , "cause of mania once" .)