Where cowboys may be managed by heartless coach (5)
I believe the answer is:
ranch
'where cowboys may' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'managed by heartless coach' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'heartless' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'coach' with its centre taken out is 'ch'.
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'
'be' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Where to keep stock" , "tear for a poet" , "Cowboy's workplace" , "Stock farm in US, Aus." , "Agricultural establishment" .)