American swinger a liar ties up (9)
I believe the answer is:
aerialist
'american swinger' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a liar ties up' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'liar'+'ties'='liarties'
'liarties' anagrammed gives 'erialist'.
'a'+'erialist'='AERIALIST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aerialist that I've seen before include "Highly-regarded performer" , "Trapeze acrobat" , "trapeze artist" , "skier" .)