Pest pulled up by head teacher allowed to have sweet treat? (7)
I believe the answer is:
tartlet
'sweet treat?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'pest pulled up by head teacher allowed to' is the wordplay.
'pest' becomes 'rat' (rat can mean a nasty person).
'pulled up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'head' indicates taking the first letters.
'allowed to' becomes 'let' (to let something happen is to allow it).
The first letter of 'teacher' is 't'.
'rat' backwards is 'tar'.
'tar'+'t'+'let'='TARTLET'
'have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tartlet that I've seen before include "pastry dish" , "fruit confection" , "Small quiche" , "Small filled pastry case" , "single pastry" .)