Guy using blade decapitated pigs, lots having tail removed (7)
I believe the answer is:
oarsman
'guy using blade' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'decapitated pigs lots having tail removed' is the wordplay.
'decapitated' means to remove the first letter.
'pigs' becomes 'boars' (male pigs).
'lots' becomes 'm'.
'having tail removed' becomes 'an' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'boars' with its first letter removed is 'oars'.
'oars'+'m'+'an'='OARSMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oarsman that I've seen before include "He rows" , "One in an eight?" , "Craft worker" , "Male rower" , "A male small boat propeller" .)