Fiery display making empress turn (9,5)
I believe the answer is:
catherine wheel
'fiery display' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'empress turn' is the wordplay.
'empress' becomes 'Catherine' (Catherine is an example).
'turn' becomes 'wheel' (I've seen this before).
'catherine'+'wheel'='CATHERINE-WHEEL'
'making' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for catherine wheel that I've seen before include "Rotary firework" , "sparkling ring" , "revolver" , "Spinner producing spectacular display" .)