After chewing oats, it has a little tea (5)
I believe the answer is:
stoat
'a little tea' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'after chewing oats it' is the wordplay.
'after chewing' indicates an anagram.
'it' becomes 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'oats' is an anagram of 'stoa'.
'stoa'+'t'='STOAT'
'has' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoat that I've seen before include "Source of ermine" , "Weasel-like mammal" , "Provider of ermine" , "Short-tail weasel" , "Eating rabbit, he" .)