State colour in layer (5,6,3)
I believe the answer is:
rhode island red
'layer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'state colour' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'state' could be 'rhodeisland' (Rhode Island is an example) and 'rhodeisland' is found in the answer.
'colour' could be 'red' (red is a kind of colour) and 'red' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rhode island red that I've seen before include "Fowl" , "possible victim of battery" , "Chicken breed" , "New England communist" , "American Communist" .)