The sort of shark that mangled Nola? (4)
I believe the answer is:
loan
'the sort of shark that' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'mangled nola?' is the wordplay.
'mangled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nola' anagrammed gives 'LOAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loan that I've seen before include "Mortgage" , "Something borrowed" , "Money borrowed at interest" , "It's given but has to be returned" , "Act of lending" .)