Free-living type broad in the beam? (5)
I believe the answer is:
hippy
'free-living type broad' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in the beam?' is the wordplay.
'in' becomes 'hip' (both can mean fashionable).
'the beam?' becomes 'py' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hip'+'py'='HIPPY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hippy that I've seen before include "Big-bummed" , "beatnik?" , "Flower child?" , "Rebel" , "Lover of the 60s" .)