Players not at home for Crusoe, say (8)
I believe the answer is:
castaway
'crusoe say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'players not at home' is the wordplay.
'players' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'not at home' becomes 'away' (I've seen this before).
'cast'+'away'='CASTAWAY'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for castaway that I've seen before include "Tom Hanks movie" , "Robinson Crusoe was one" , "Desert island resident" , "One stranded remotely" , "One shipwrecked in an isolated place" .)