American in Soho, tube heaving, gets home for eight (9)
I believe the answer is:
boathouse
'home for eight' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'american in soho tube heaving' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'heaving' is an anagram indicator (letters thrown or heaved around).
'soho'+'tube'='sohotube'
'sohotube' anagrammed gives 'bothouse'.
'a' placed within 'bothouse' is 'BOATHOUSE'.
'gets' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for boathouse that I've seen before include "Riverside structure" , "Bank building" , "Riverside construction" , "building by water's edge" .)