Daniel scattered feed around for the duck (5)
I believe the answer is:
defoe
'the duck' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'daniel scattered feed around' is the wordplay.
'daniel' becomes 'o' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'scattered' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'feed' with letters rearranged gives 'defe'.
'o' going inside 'defe' is 'DEFOE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for defoe that I've seen before include "Author of Robinson Crusoe, d. 1731" , "pamphleteer and novelist" , "Daniel -, Moll Flanders author" , "Daniel ---, wrote Moll Flanders" , "See 14" .)