Nixon aide stealing a dollar from Paul Stanley? (9)
I believe the answer is:
kissinger
'nixon aide' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'stealing a dollar from paul stanley?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'dollar' could be 's' and 's' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'paul' could be 'i' (where the crossword setter is 'Paul') and 'i' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kissinger that I've seen before include "Henry __, US Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford" , "Henry --, US diplomat" , "Old statesman" .)