Can he be tipped? (3)
I believe the answer is:
ted
'can he be tipped?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'can he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "TV comedy series 'Father . . . '" , "Familiar form of Edward" , ". . . Kennedy, Father . . ." , "Craggy Island Father" , "Heath or Hughes?" .)