Rant about Queen's descendant (6)
I believe the answer is:
sprout
'descendant' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'rant about queen's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'rant' could be 'spout' (synonyms) and 'spout' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sprout that I've seen before include "Start to grow" , "Spring up like vegetable from Brussels" , "Grow like Proust" , "Produce new growth" , "Small cabbage from Brussels?" .)