Story books that Scouts search for? (6)
I believe the answer is:
talent
'story books that scouts search for?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'story books' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'tale' (synonyms).
'books' becomes 'NT' (abbreviation for New Testament).
'tale'+'nt'='TALENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talent that I've seen before include "Type of scout - innate ability - old Greek money" , "Innate ability or Biblical money unit" , "Natural ability or quality" , "able people" , "Innate aptitude" .)