Film star to fade with the advent of talkies? (5)
I believe the answer is:
wayne
'film star' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'fade with the advent of talkies?' is the wordplay.
'fade' becomes 'wane' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the advent of talkies?' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wane' enclosing 'y' is 'WAYNE'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wayne that I've seen before include "John, for example" , "John ....., later hero of western films" , "See seventeen accross" , "John --, US film actor" , "John --, film star" .)