Creep tremulously round female with a few words to start with? (7)
I believe the answer is:
preface
'start with?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'creep tremulously round female with a few words' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'female' could be 'fa' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'fa' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'creep' is 'prece' which is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for preface that I've seen before include "Introductory statement at beginning of book" , "preliminaries" , "Introductory text" , "Book's introduction" , "Opening words" .)