Setback with Los Angeles car maker (5)
I believe the answer is:
tesla
'car maker' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'setback with los angeles' is the wordplay.
'setback' becomes 'tes' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'los angeles' becomes 'la'.
'tes'+'la'='TESLA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "Californian company specialising in electric cars" , "electrical unit" , "Physicist" , "American scientist" , "Nikola ---, electricity pioneer" .)