Place where big feline is holding a ball on a small one (8)
I believe the answer is:
location
'place' is the definition.
(I know that place can be written as location)
'feline is holding a ball on a small one' is the wordplay.
'feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'is holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'a ball' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ball).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a small one' becomes 'loin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o' put inside 'loin' is 'loion'.
'cat' put into 'loion' is 'LOCATION'.
'where big' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for location that I've seen before include "Place, position" , "Setting" , "Site of film production away from studio" , "Position, point in space" , "Position,place" .)