Passenger gets caught in disaster (5)
I believe the answer is:
farce
'disaster' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'passenger gets caught' is the wordplay.
'passenger' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of passenger).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'fare' placed around 'c' is 'FARCE'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for farce that I've seen before include "A ridiculous comedy or absurd proceedings" , "Comedy of high improbability" , "eg 'Noises Off'" , "Broad comedy" , "Stage comedy" .)