States answer by The Telegraph (3)
I believe the answer is:
usa
'telegraph' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'states answer by' is the wordplay.
'states' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for the United States).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'us'+'a'='USA'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usa that I've seen before include "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" , "Initially, a great federation" , "United States" , "Union" , "Briefly, a great federation" .)