The plane transported informant and fodder (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
elephant grass
'fodder' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'the plane transported informant' is the wordplay.
'transported' indicates an anagram.
'informant' becomes 'grass' (term for an informant or traitor).
'the'+'plane'='theplane'
'theplane' is an anagram of 'elephant'.
'elephant'+'grass'='ELEPHANT GRASS'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elephant grass that I've seen before include "source of paper" , "crop in Africa" , "plain diet" , "tall plant" .)