Elite soldiers quickly finding hairdresser (7)
I believe the answer is:
sassoon
'hairdresser' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'elite soldiers quickly' is the wordplay.
'elite soldiers' becomes 'sas' (Special Air Service).
'quickly' becomes 'soon' (I've seen this in another clue).
'sas'+'soon'='SASSOON'
'finding' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sassoon that I've seen before include "Siegfried --, English poet and novelist" , "Siegfried --, English writer" , "Siegfried ---, war poet" , "Poet condemning war" , "Siegfried --, poet and writer" .)