Bloke of rare gifts? (5)
I believe the answer is:
miser
'bloke of rare gifts?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'bloke of rare' is the wordplay.
'bloke of' becomes 'mise' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rare' becomes 'r' (listed by Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations).
'mise'+'r'='MISER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miser that I've seen before include "He's close" , "Someone close" , "auger" , "Stingy person like Scrooge" , "One such as Scrooge" .)