Puss climbs around top of cypress, rub and washes herself really well (6,2)

'washes herself really well' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'puss climbs around top of cypress rub' is the wordplay.
'climbs' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'top of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'cypress' is 'c'.
'puss' back-to-front is 'ssup'.
'c'+'rub'='crub'
'ssup' going around 'crub' is 'SCRUBS UP'.

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?