Lone answer for New Orleans, more for Rome, for instance? (8)
I believe the answer is:
anagrams
'lone answer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'new orleans more for rome for instance?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'more' could be 'm' and 'm' is found in the answer.
'for instance?' could be 'as' and 'as' is found within the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anagrams that I've seen before include ""Sword" from "words" and "seraph" from "phrase", for example" , "Words made by rearranging the letters of others" , "Word jumbles" , "Words formed from letters of other words" , "Words with letters transposed to form other words" .)