Entire distribution of power in cult, strange (8)
I believe the answer is:
spectrum
'entire distribution' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'power in cult strange' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cult' becomes 'sect' (religious sect).
'strange' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
'p' inserted into 'sect' is 'spect'.
'spect'+'rum'='SPECTRUM'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spectrum that I've seen before include "Light split by prism" , "Full range of colour" , "Crumpets (anag)" , "An entire range of related qualities of crumpets" , "The bands of colur as seen in rainbow" .)