Bruce perhaps drunkenly answered monarch (10)
I believe the answer is:
newsreader
'bruce' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'drunkenly answered monarch' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' is an anagram indicator.
'monarch' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina, British Queen).
'answered' is an anagram of 'newsread'.
'newsread'+'er'='NEWSREADER'
'perhaps' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newsreader that I've seen before include "Presenter of bulletin" , "TV employee" , "Bulletin broadcaster" , "TV current affairs presenter" .)