Round, green object the squirrel is clutching? (6)
I believe the answer is:
peanut
'squirrel is clutching?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'round green object the' is the wordplay.
'round green' becomes 'pean' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'object' becomes 'U' (U is an example).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'pean'+'u'+'t'='PEANUT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peanut that I've seen before include "Popular edible seed, often salted" , "Singularly little money" , "Item of fruit" , "Eat pun for the hard fruit" , "It ripens in a vine pod underground" .)