Compère party in Cape Town with husband on arm dancing (9)
I believe the answer is:
anchorman
'compere party' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'cape town with husband on arm dancing' is the wordplay.
'cape town' becomes 'anc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on'+'arm'='onarm'
'onarm' with letters rearranged gives 'orman'.
'h' placed into 'orman' is 'horman'.
'anc'+'horman'='ANCHORMAN'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anchorman that I've seen before include "Crucial participant" , "who winds up relay?" , "Maybe last person to run" , "Last runner in a relay race - person presenting a TV show" , "Last person in relay race - TV presenter" .)