Sound of angry sheep hit by off-target footballer? (8)
I believe the answer is:
crossbar
'sound' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'angry sheep hit by off-target footballer?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'angry' could be 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry) and 'cross' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crossbar that I've seen before include "Part of bicycle or goal" , "what one may tip over?" , "Helps to define the goal" , "Horizontal part of a goal" , "Top football goal" .)