British team wears no ill-fitting trousers from the East (5)
I believe the answer is:
lions
'british team wears no ill-fitting trousers from the east' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'wears no ill-fitting trousers from the east' is the wordplay.
'trousers' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (trouser can mean to steal or take).
'from the east' is a reversal indicator (on a map from right to left).
'snoil' is hidden within 'wears no ill fitting'.
'snoil' written backwards gives 'LIONS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lions that I've seen before include "multinational tourists" , "Large carnivores" , "Cats living in prides" , "Nelson's column animals" , "Big cats" .)