Aerosol merits getting sprayed (6)
I believe the answer is:
mister
'aerosol' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'merits getting sprayed' is the wordplay.
'merits' can be anagrammed to 'MISTER'.
Though, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mister that I've seen before include "that's what you'd call him" , "Form of address to a man, used without his name" , "Mr" , "Set rim (anag.)" , "Merits of form of address to man" .)