Crawler at home with cult (6)
I believe the answer is:
insect
'crawler' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'home with cult' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cult' becomes 'sect' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in'+'sect'='INSECT'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for insect that I've seen before include "Contemptible type" , "Creepy-crawly" , "Eg, beetle or fly" , "Eg, bee, mosquito" , "Small invertebrate creature" .)