What bodyguard listens to shooter after attention? (8)
I believe the answer is:
earpiece
'what bodyguard listens' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'shooter after attention?' is the wordplay.
'shooter' becomes 'piece' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'attention?' becomes 'ear' (having someone's ear is having their attention).
'piece' put after 'ear' is 'EARPIECE'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for earpiece that I've seen before include "What lets you hear communications" , "for audibility" , "receiver" , "Through which one may listen" , "Part of a telephone" .)