Woman found worker oddly nosy regarding unlicensed premises (8)
I believe the answer is:
shebeens
'regarding unlicensed premises' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'woman found worker oddly nosy' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'she' ().
'found' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'worker' becomes 'bee' (a worker bee).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternating letters of 'nosy' are 'ns'.
'she'+'bee'+'ns'='SHEBEENS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shebeens that I've seen before include "Unlicensed taverns" , "Unlicensed drinking establishments" .)