A couple of animals shot for host, say (7)
I believe the answer is:
anagram
'host say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'a couple of animals shot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anagram that I've seen before include "Word rearranging another's letters" , "Word formed by rearranging another word" , "new order, literally" , "Literal jumble" , ""Diagnose" is one of "San Diego"" .)