Yankee taken on holiday given a makeover (8)
I believe the answer is:
restyled
'a makeover' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'yankee taken on holiday' is the wordplay.
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'taken' becomes 'led' (to lead someone somewhere is to take them there).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'holiday' becomes 'rest' (rest can mean a holiday or break).
'y'+'led'='yled'
'yled' put after 'rest' is 'RESTYLED'.
'given' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for restyled that I've seen before include "made over" , "freshly handled" .)