Lob a holy explosive with much to-do (8)
I believe the answer is:
ballyhoo
'much to-do' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'lob a holy explosive' is the wordplay.
'explosive' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lob'+'a'+'holy'='lobaholy'
'lobaholy' with letters rearranged gives 'BALLYHOO'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ballyhoo that I've seen before include "song and dance" , "Brouhaha" , "Noisy confused situation" , "Big to-do or advertising campaign" , "Noisy uproar - blatant publicity" .)