She put the kettle on a parrot (5)
I believe the answer is:
polly
'parrot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'she put the kettle' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'she' could be 'olly' and 'olly' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'p' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'on a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for polly that I've seen before include "Parrot; girl's name" , "Fawlty Towers employee" , "Common name for a parrot" , "This Mr's history, H. G. Wells" , "Parrot's name" .)