Doctor Tara Hanks in curly lambs' wool? (9)
I believe the answer is:
astrakhan
'curly lambs' wool?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'doctor tara hanks' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tara'+'hanks'='tarahanks'
'tarahanks' is an anagram of 'ASTRAKHAN'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for astrakhan that I've seen before include "Cloth" , "Dark tightly-curled wool of Russian lambs" , "Russian sheep's wool" , "Hark Satan (anag.)" , "Type of fur and Russian city" .)