Yogi, say, won Barbera endless spoils (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
brown bear
'yogi' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'won barbera endless spoils' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'spoils' indicates anagramming the letters.
'won'+'barbera'='wonbarbera'
'wonbarbera' with its last letter removed is 'wonbarber'.
'wonbarber' anagrammed gives 'BROWN BEAR'.
'say' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brown bear that I've seen before include "beast" , "animal of North America" , "Large mammal" , "Fierce animal" , "North American ursine animal" .)