American singer, with you and I, about to ditch composer (9)
I believe the answer is:
cherubini
'composer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'american singer with you and i about to ditch' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'singer' could be 'cher' (American singer) and 'cher' is found in the answer.
'you' could be 'u' (homophones) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bi' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cherubini that I've seen before include "author of church music" , "composer" .)