Subject and object of the selectors, briefly (5)
I believe the answer is:
topic
'subject' is the definition.
(as in a topic for discussion)
'object of the selectors briefly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'object' could be 'p' (P is an example) and 'p' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for topic that I've seen before include "Question" , "Talking point" , "Matter for an argument" , "Subject matter, theme" , "Subject (eg, of text)" .)