Woman rests broken leg inside (8)
I believe the answer is:
spinster
'woman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'rests broken leg inside' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leg' becomes 'pin' (pin is a kind of leg).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'rests' is an anagram of 'sster'.
'sster' placed around 'pin' is 'SPINSTER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spinster that I've seen before include "woman like Miss Havisham" , "matchless female" , "She never married" , "One spurning union activity" , "For example, Miss Havisham" .)