Recover, having been thrown into revolting moat in battle (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
the alamo
'battle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'recover having been thrown into revolting moat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'recover' could be 'heal' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'heal' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'moat' is 'tamo' which is located in the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for the alamo that I've seen is " battle site".)