Dubious naked maiden by meadow recalled prophet (7)
I believe the answer is:
ishmael
'prophet' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'dubious naked maiden by meadow recalled' is the wordplay.
'dubious' becomes 'fishy' (I've seen this before).
'naked' indicates the central letters (outside letters removed so centre is unclothed).
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'by meadow' becomes 'lea' (a lea is a grassy area. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'recalled' is a reversal indicator (to recall can mean to bring something back).
The central letters of 'fishy' are 'ish'.
'lea' in reverse letter order is 'ael'.
'ish'+'m'+'ael'='ISHMAEL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ishmael that I've seen before include "patriarch" , "Moby Dick's narrator, and Abraham's eldest son" , "Son of Abraham - narrator of Moby Dick" , "Narrator of Moby-Dick" , "'Call me . . . . . . .' (first line of Moby Dick)" .)