A Parisian probing globe going around Mars? (5)
I believe the answer is:
bruno
'mars?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'a parisian probing globe going around' is the wordplay.
'a parisian' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'probing' indicates putting letters inside (probe can mean to poke or prod into).
'globe' becomes 'orb' (synonyms).
'going around' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'orb' reversed gives 'bro'.
'un' going within 'bro' is 'BRUNO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bruno that I've seen before include "Giordano -; Sylvie and -, Carroll" , "Sylvie and -- (Lewis Carroll)" , "One of the 22 [FRANKS] who fought" , "Famous boxer" .)