A male gets commercial reverse for a female (6)
I believe the answer is:
amanda
'a female' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a male gets commercial reverse' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'reverse' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ad' written backwards gives 'da'.
'a'+'man'+'da'='AMANDA'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amanda that I've seen before include "Girl" , "F. name meaning lovable" , "Girl's name meaning lovable" .)