After low point cheer up female boss? (8)
I believe the answer is:
harridan
'female boss?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'after low point cheer up' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'low point' becomes 'nadir' (I've seen this before).
'cheer' becomes 'rah' (rah is a triumphant cry).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'nadir'+'rah' is 'nadirrah'.
'nadirrah' reversed gives 'HARRIDAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for harridan that I've seen before include "old woman, belligerent sort" , "Old woman scold" , "Shrewish old woman" , "'Bad-tempered, scolding old woman (8)'" , "Female bully" .)