A bellringer's faux pas? (7)
I believe the answer is:
clanger
'faux pas?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a bellringer's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in 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 clanger that I've seen before include "Stupid mistake" , "A slang blunder - drop it" , "Big blunder" , "Howler" , "noise that rings in the ear" .)