Smash a bin in dispute about coalition theme (7)
I believe the answer is:
rainbow
'coalition theme' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'smash a bin in dispute' is the wordplay.
'smash' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'dispute' becomes 'row' (row is a kind of dispute).
'a'+'bin'='abin'
'abin' is an anagram of 'ainb'.
'ainb' put within 'row' is 'RAINBOW'.
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rainbow that I've seen before include "-- Coalition; -- trout" , "Sort of trout" , "'I can sing a - - ' (song)" , "Wide range of colours" , "Arc of colored light in the sky" .)