Handle warning about receding hair (8)
I believe the answer is:
forename
'handle' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'warning about receding hair' is the wordplay.
'warning' becomes 'fore' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'receding' says the letters should be written backwards.
'hair' becomes 'mane' (mane is a kind of hair).
'mane' backwards is 'enam'.
'fore' placed around 'enam' is 'FORENAME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forename that I've seen before include "The 'John' of 'John Smith'" , "First moniker" , "perhaps Napoleon, though not Hitler?" , "First part of a person's identity" .)