Hair remover beginning to shave over ear? (7)
I believe the answer is:
shearer
'hair' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'remover beginning to shave over ear?' is the wordplay.
'beginning' indicates taking the first letters.
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'shave' becomes 'she' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
The first letter of 'remover' is 'r'.
'she' placed around 'ear' is 'sheare'.
'r' after 'sheare' is 'SHEARER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shearer that I've seen before include "Wool cutter - ex-England footballer" , "Sheep's wool cutter" , "He cuts the fleece from sheep" , "who was really on the ball?" , "Alan - - , Newcastle striker" .)