Bird one roused circling lake - one doesn't take the safest route (9)
I believe the answer is:
jaywalker
'bird' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'one roused circling lake one doesn't take the safest route' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'lake' is 'alke' which is located in the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jaywalker that I've seen before include "one taking risks on road" , "Person crossing the road dangerously" , "Middle-of-the-road pedestrian" , "Middle-of-the-road type?" , "Reckless urban pedestrian" .)