Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
I believe the answer is:
nobel
'trump' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'one head of bbc arrested by christmas' is the wordplay.
'one head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'arrested by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are held or arrested).
'christmas' becomes 'Noel' (Noel can mean Christmas).
The initial letter of 'bbc' is 'b'.
'b' going into 'noel' is 'NOBEL'.
'wants' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nobel that I've seen before include "and 21 Across: Prestigious international award" , "Prize-endowing Swedish chemist" , "Philanthropic Swede noted for establishing international prizes" , "Founder of many prizes" , "Prize guy" .)