Author on Washington coach supporting Yankee in crash (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
raymond chandler
'author' is the definition.
(US author)
'on washington coach supporting yankee in crash' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'on' is present in the answer.
'washington' could be 'dc' (Washington DC) and 'dc' is found within the answer.
'coach' could be 'handler' (synonyms) and 'handler' is located in the answer.
'yankee' could be 'y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'y' is present in the answer.
'crash' could be 'ram' (synonyms) and 'ram' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for raymond chandler that I've seen is " writer".)