Upsets elitist to broadcast clip from one little plant (6)
I believe the answer is:
bonsai
'one little plant' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'upsets elitist to broadcast clip' is the wordplay.
'upsets' is a reversal indicator.
'elitist' becomes 'snob' (I've seen this before).
'to broadcast' becomes 'air' ('air' can be a synonym of 'broadcast').
'clip' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'clipped' mean this).
'snob' back-to-front is 'bons'.
'air' with its last letter taken off is 'ai'.
'bons'+'ai'='BONSAI'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bonsai that I've seen before include "Very little tree" , "Japanese art of growing dwarf plants" , "Little plants" , "Japanese art of growing dwarfed trees" , "Japanese plant or tree grown in miniature form" .)