A writer's giving a twirl in hot pants? He eases your discomfort (9)
I believe the answer is:
osteopath
'a writer's giving a twirl in hot pants? he eases your discomfort' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'hot pants? he eases your discomfort' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is found in the answer.
'he' could be 'pat' (I've seen this before) and 'pat' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'osteo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for osteopath that I've seen before include "One manipulates bones and massages muscles" , "Therapist who manipulates bones and muscles" , "Manipulative type" , "Specialist manipulator of bones and muscles" , "One may aid healing" .)