Design complex knot for bottom of the food chain? (8)
I believe the answer is:
plankton
'bottom of the food chain?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'design complex knot' is the wordplay.
'design' becomes 'plan' (synonyms).
'complex' indicates an anagram.
'knot' is an anagram of 'kton'.
'plan'+'kton'='PLANKTON'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plankton that I've seen before include "drifting masses" , "Drifters in the sea" , "Tiny organisms drifting in the sea" , "Tiny floating organisms" , "Drifting ocean organisms" .)