An average person - not some stay-at-home woman! (3,3,2,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
the man in the street
'woman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'an average person not some stay-at-home' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'person' could be 'heman' (he-man is a kind of person) and 'heman' is found in the answer.
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is present in the answer.
'home' could be 'h' (abbreviation as used in sports fixtures) and 'h' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for the man in the street that I've seen before include "Ordinary bloke" , "for whom someone has paved the way?" , "Tom, Dick or Harry" , "jaywalker?" , "Ordinary chap" .)