Credit one showing off Milan to The Don (8)
I believe the answer is:
criminal
'the don' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'credit one showing off milan' is the wordplay.
'credit' becomes 'cr' (abbreviation).
'one showing' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'milan' anagrammed gives 'minal'.
'cr'+'i'+'minal'='CRIMINAL'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for criminal that I've seen before include "Felon, malefactor" , "Wrongdoer" , "Mafioso, possibly" , "Violating the law" , "Punishable by law" .)