Stragglers revealed in the street lights (6)
I believe the answer is:
strays
'stragglers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'the street lights' is the wordplay.
'the street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'lights' becomes 'rays' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'rays'='STRAYS'
'revealed in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strays that I've seen before include "Gets lost, wanders away from the track" , "Wanders off the beaten track, gets lost" , "Homeless people's" , "Runaways" , "Wanders off the intended route" .)