Devout luddite gets a patchwork halved? (5)
I believe the answer is:
amish
'devout luddite' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'gets a patchwork halved?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'gets' could be 'is' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'is' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amish that I've seen before include "One 24 [IN-SECT]" , "Mennonite sect members" , "those eshewing modern technology" , "sectarian" , "Community that settled in America" .)