Late aunts done for in Oman? (9)
I believe the answer is:
sultanate
'in oman?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'late aunts done' is the wordplay.
'done' indicates an anagram.
'late'+'aunts'='lateaunts'
'lateaunts' with letters rearranged gives 'SULTANATE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sultanate that I've seen before include "Country" , "Turkey was" , "Brunei?" , "Muslim dominion" .)