Lots of people lying over area of ground, after this? (8)
I believe the answer is:
massacre
'lots of people lying' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'area of ground after this?' is the wordplay.
'area of ground' becomes 'acre' (acre is a measure of land area).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'this?' becomes 'mass' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'acre' put after 'mass' is 'MASSACRE'.
'over' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for massacre that I've seen before include "butcher" , "Complete defeat" , "bloody victory" , "Butchery" , "Overwhelming defeat" .)