This early genus surprisingly picked up in Essex? (7,7)
I believe the answer is:
estuary english
'picked up in essex?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can occasionally define each other.
'this early genus surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'this'+'early'+'genus'='thisearlygenus'
'thisearlygenus' anagrammed gives 'ESTUARY ENGLISH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estuary english that I've seen before include "Sort of language" , "Accent that's been spreading out from London" , "manner of speaking" , "Form of language" .)