Childcare professional nominates awardees, notifying nervous young leaders (5)
I believe the answer is:
nanny
'childcare professional' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'nominates awardees notifying nervous young leaders' is the wordplay.
'leaders' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'nominates awardees notifying nervous young' is 'NANNY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nanny that I've seen before include "She cares for kids" , "Nursemaid" , "Childminder - goat" , "Overprotective government deplored by Thatcher" , "Child minder - goat - grandma" .)