Artist; popular and with taste -- Mackintosh, for example (8)
I believe the answer is:
rainwear
'example' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'artist popular and with taste mackintosh' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'taste mackintosh' becomes 'ear' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ra'+'in'+'w'+'ear'='RAINWEAR'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rainwear that I've seen before include "Gear for wet weather" , "Waterproof clothes" , "Waterproof clothing" , "This should keep him dry" , "Coats" .)