Thrust cereal in pulp (8)
I believe the answer is:
reliance
'thrust' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'cereal in pulp' is the wordplay.
'cereal in' can be anagrammed to 'RELIANCE'.
Though, I'm unsure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reliance that I've seen before include "Banking" , "Faith" , "Trust - in cereal (anag)" , "Trust or confidence" , "Dependence (on something)" .)