Secretary in twisted braces that's used by typist? (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
space bar
'used by typist?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'secretary in twisted braces' is the wordplay.
'secretary' becomes 'PA' (abbreviation for personal assistant).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'twisted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'braces' anagrammed gives 'scebar'.
'pa' inserted into 'scebar' is 'SPACE-BAR'.
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for space bar that I've seen before include "Largest typewriter key" , "It is found on a keyboard" , "A keyboard feature" , "Longest typing key" , "key, large one" .)