Composer giving us a lot of hell? (6)
I believe the answer is:
handel
'composer' is the definition.
(George Frideric Handel)
'us a lot of hell?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
'lot' could be 'd' and 'd' is located in the answer.
'hell?' could be 'hel' ('Hel' can be a synonym of 'hell') and 'hel' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'giving' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for handel that I've seen before include "Sounds as if you could come to grips with this composer" , "German-born composer to the ` `Messiah' '" , "Composer of Messiah, d.1759" , "Composer of the great ''Messiah''" , "German composer of Messiah" .)