Celebrity dismisses Rebel Cork (4)
I believe the answer is:
city
'cork' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'celebrity dismisses rebel' is the wordplay.
'dismisses' is a deletion indicator.
'celebrity' with 'rebel' taken away is 'CITY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for city that I've seen before include "Large conurbation" , "Major residential area" , "Tokyo, for example" , "See 10" , "See 5" .)