Rhetorical strategy from Press Secretary, ultimately (5)
I believe the answer is:
irony
'rhetorical strategy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'press secretary ultimately' is the wordplay.
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'secretary' is 'y'.
'iron'+'y'='IRONY'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irony that I've seen before include "Kind of sarcasm, sounds metallic" , "sarcastic wit" , "Figure of speech" , "situation showing incongruity" , "Use of words to convey the opposite of what they normally mean" .)