Feature of stage act? Compère’s introduced a good one (5)
I believe the answer is:
magic
'feature of stage act?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'compere's introduced a good one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'compere' could be 'mc' (short for master of ceremonies) and 'mc' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for magic that I've seen before include "'Charms, spells, illusions (5)'" , "Superb" , "Sorcery - conjuring" , "Illusory feat" , "Brilliant -- deception" .)