Reticent individuals put toys first after earnings related supplement (7)
I believe the answer is:
oysters
'reticent individuals' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'toys first after earnings related supplement' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'toys' is 'oyst' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'put' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oysters that I've seen before include "Tasty pearl-producing bivalves" , "Fleshy bivalves, may yield pearls" , "Yet Ross can find the marine creatures" , "Yet Ross, strangely, has the marine creatures" , "Rosy set of odd shellfish" .)