A non-professional analysis of dreams Brown is about to give (9)
I believe the answer is:
tradesman
'a non-professional analysis' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'dreams brown is about to give' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'dreams' is 'radesm' which is located in the answer.
'brown' could be 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown) and 'tan' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tradesman that I've seen before include "Dealer" , "Shopkeeper; skilled mechanic" , "Skilled worker; shopkeeper" , "Small businessman" , "Small-scale businessman" .)