Tory welcomes five into her band (7)
I believe the answer is:
chevron
'band' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tory welcomes five into her' is the wordplay.
'tory' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative).
'welcomes' is an insertion indicator (in sense of 'invites in').
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'v' put within 'her' is 'hevr'.
'con' enclosing 'hevr' is 'CHEVRON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chevron that I've seen before include "V-shaped line or stripe on uniform" , "Stripes" , "Ordinary" , "pointed symbol" , "American multinational energy corporation with headquarters in California" .)