Stable position that regularly limits blunder by American company (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
terra firma
'stable position that regularly limits' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'blunder by american company' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'blunder' could be 'err' (to err is to make a mistake or blunder) and 'err' is present in the answer.
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'company' could be 'firm' (firm can mean a company or business) and 'firm' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ta' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terra firma that I've seen before include "Hard ground" , "Solid ground" , "Solid earth (Latin)" , "Solid earth - dry land" .)
