Prince and One Direction on short Elbow backtrack (5)
I believe the answer is:
noble
'prince' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'one direction on short elbow backtrack' is the wordplay.
'one direction' becomes 'n' (N is an example**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'backtrack' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'backtracking' mean this).
'elbow' with its final letter taken off is 'elbo'.
'elbo' written backwards gives 'oble'.
'n'+'oble'='NOBLE'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noble that I've seen before include "Illustrious - of high birth - old gold coin" , "Grand, magnanimous" , "Having high moral qualities" , "old British coin" , "Possibly count" .)