Ruin vehicle - the silver is inside (8)
I believe the answer is:
carthage
'ruin' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'vehicle the silver is inside' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'is inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'the' enclosing 'ag' is 'thage'.
'car'+'thage'='CARTHAGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carthage that I've seen before include "Dido was queen of this ancient city in N Africa" , "Hannibal's home city" , "Ancient N. African city" , "Chart age of Dido's ancient city" , "It fought the Punic wars against ancient Rome" .)