Clever creature sings badly at dance party in the North (5)
I believe the answer is:
raven
'clever creature' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'sings badly at dance party in the north' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'party' could be 'rave' (type of dance party) and 'rave' is present in the answer.
'north' could be 'n' (abbreviation) and 'n' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raven that I've seen before include "Large bird of the crow family" , "Flyer" , "Tower of London bird" , "Bird in 1's poem" , "Large black bird" .)