Tories to suspect one not sticking neck out? (8)
I believe the answer is:
tortoise
'one not sticking neck out?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'tories to suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'tories'+'to'='toriesto'
'toriesto' is an anagram of 'TORTOISE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tortoise that I've seen before include "Slow reptile that raced a hare" , "Shelled reptile" , "Shelled creature" , "Slow-moving four-footed reptile - outraced the hare" , "Slow mover" .)