Extreme concern about the aspect of a vulture, say (7)
I believe the answer is:
feather
'aspect of a vulture say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'extreme concern about the' is the wordplay.
'extreme concern' becomes 'fear' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'extreme' bit.).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fear' placed around 'the' is 'FEATHER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for feather that I've seen before include "Wing component" , "Quill" , "English plume (de ma tante?)" , "Part of covering of bird" , "Part of a bird's plumage" .)