Canoe managed excellent return around Australia (7)
I believe the answer is:
oceania
'australia' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'canoe managed excellent return' is the wordplay.
'managed' indicates an anagram.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'return' is a reversal indicator.
'ai' backwards is 'ia'.
'canoe' anagrammed gives 'ocean'.
'ocean'+'ia'='OCEANIA'
'around' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oceania that I've seen before include "Pacific island area" , "part of the Pacific" , "Pacific islands region" , "Pacific group" , "group of islands" .)