Strays kept in pounds in Surbiton (4)
I believe the answer is:
sins
'strays' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'kept in pounds in surbiton' is the wordplay.
'kept in' indicates a hidden word.
'SINS' is hidden in the letters of 'pounds in surbiton'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sins that I've seen before include "Transgresses" , "Evils" , "Wrongdoings" , "Moral lapses" , "Breaches of moral law" .)