Fierce sort from country seen in pub area (7)
I believe the answer is:
piranha
'fierce sort' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'country seen in pub area' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'Iran' (Iran is a country).
'seen in' indicates putting letters inside.
'pub' becomes 'ph' (public house).
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'iran' inserted inside 'ph' is 'piranh'.
'piranh'+'a'='PIRANHA'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for piranha that I've seen before include "Small voracious carnivorous fish" , "Sharp-toothed fish" , "Small carnivorous freshwater fish" , "Ferocious fish" , "Voracious tropical fish" .)