Could he find humour in a wage cut? (3)
I believe the answer is:
wag
'could he find humour' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'wage cut?' is the wordplay.
'cut?' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'cut' mean this).
'wage' with its last letter removed is 'WAG'.
'in a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wag that I've seen before include "Comedian" , "Shake" , "Person fond of tricks and playing jokes" , "Oscillate - wit" , "The wit to move the tail" .)