After friendly show, cart off a politician (6,8)
I believe the answer is:
social democrat
'a politician' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'after friendly show cart' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'friendly' could be 'social' (similar in meaning) and 'social' is located in the answer.
'show' could be 'demo' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'demo' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'cart' is 'crat' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'off' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for social democrat that I've seen before include "Left-leaning politician" , "party member" .)