Does he give a hearing to particular accounts? (7)
I believe the answer is:
auditor
'does he give a hearing to particular accounts?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'does he give a hearing to' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'to' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auditor that I've seen before include "One reviewing books" , "Financial checker" , "Accountant - listener" , "Person checking business accounts" , "Account inspector" .)