Analyst making remark to a converted republican (11)
I believe the answer is:
commentator
'analyst' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'remark to a converted republican' is the wordplay.
'remark' becomes 'comment' (synonyms).
'converted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation in US politics).
'to'+'a'='toa'
'toa' is an anagram of 'ato'.
'comment'+'ato'+'r'='COMMENTATOR'
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for commentator that I've seen before include "Broadcaster describing sports events" , "pundit" , "One describes" , "One who reports on sports event" , "Sports match reporter" .)