Bureaucrat in enclosure with dealer (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
pen pusher
'bureaucrat' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'enclosure with dealer' is the wordplay.
'enclosure' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'dealer' becomes 'pusher' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pen'+'pusher'='PEN-PUSHER'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pen pusher that I've seen before include "Clerk" , "clerical worker" , "cog in office?" .)