Crossword Genius

Plenty of hair coiled round into a twist? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abundance

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'plenty of hair' is the definition.
'abundance' can be an answer for 'plenty' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'of hair' bit.

'coiled round into a twist?' is the wordplay.
'coiled round' becomes 'bu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'twist?' becomes 'dance' (twisting is a kind of dancing).
'bu' put into 'an' is 'abun'.
'abun'+'dance'='ABUNDANCE'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for abundance that I've seen before include "'Plenty, loads (9)'" , "Danube can flow with plenty" , "Profusion, richness" , "A good deal" , "Large amount, sometimes more than is needed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app