Remains of newt acquired by devoted couple? (9)
I believe the answer is:
leftovers
'remains' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'newt acquired by devoted couple?' is the wordplay.
'newt' becomes 'eft' (eft is a kind of newt).
'acquired by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'devoted couple?' becomes 'lovers' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eft' placed inside 'lovers' is 'LEFTOVERS'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leftovers that I've seen before include "Uneaten scraps" , "survivors" , "Remains" .)