Returned pictures I found in brickie’s carrier depicting a sword (7)
I believe the answer is:
xiphoid
'a sword' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'returned pictures i found in brickie's carrier' is the wordplay.
'returned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'pictures' becomes 'pix' (short for pictures).
'found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'brickie's carrier' becomes 'hod' (I've seen this before).
'pix' reversed gives 'xip'.
'i' placed inside 'hod' is 'hoid'.
'xip'+'hoid'='XIPHOID'
'depicting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for xiphoid that I've seen is " Shaped like a sword".)