Author’s flimsy material about small bird (8)
I believe the answer is:
lawrence
'author's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'flimsy material about small bird' is the wordplay.
'flimsy material' becomes 'lace' (lace is a kind of material. I am not sure about the 'flimsy' bit.).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'small bird' becomes 'wren' (I've seen this before).
'lace' going around 'wren' is 'LAWRENCE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lawrence that I've seen before include "martyred saint" , "Great WW1 hero, . . . . . . . . of Arabia" , "English soldier-writer, hero of Arabia" , "who was finally given a roasting?" , "D.H. --. novelist" .)
