Stirrer stirring in tea leaves originally from the ground (11)
I believe the answer is:
terrestrial
'ground' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'stirrer stirring in tea leaves originally' is the wordplay.
'stirring' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'originally' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'leaves' is 'l'.
'stirrer' with letters rearranged gives 'rrestri'.
'rrestri' going within 'tea' is 'terrestria'.
'terrestria'+'l'='TERRESTRIAL'
'from the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terrestrial that I've seen before include "Relating to the earth" , "Relating to dry land" , "Land-based" , "Living on the ground" , "Not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial" .)