Players not at home for Crusoe, say (8)
I believe the answer is:
castaway
'crusoe say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'players not at home' is the wordplay.
'players' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'not at home' becomes 'away' (I've seen this before).
'cast'+'away'='CASTAWAY'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for castaway that I've seen before include "Tom Hanks movie" , "Robinson Crusoe was one" , "Desert island resident" , "One stranded remotely" , "One shipwrecked in an isolated place" .)