Freethinking artist into cavorting with the Hollywood elite (11)
I believe the answer is:
rationalist
'freethinking artist' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'into cavorting with the hollywood elite' is the wordplay.
'cavorting' indicates an anagram.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'the hollywood' becomes 'ra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'elite' becomes 'a-list' (I've seen this in another clue).
'into' anagrammed gives 'tion'.
'tion' placed around 'ra' is 'ration'.
'ration'+'alist'='RATIONALIST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rationalist that I've seen before include "Logical thinker" , "Reasoning person" .)