Hate cladding tree with stormy character? (8)
I believe the answer is:
spitfire
'stormy character?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'hate cladding tree' is the wordplay.
'hate' becomes 'spite' (spite is a kind of hate).
'cladding' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'tree' becomes 'fir' (fir tree is a kind of tree).
'spite' placed around 'fir' is 'SPITFIRE'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spitfire that I've seen before include "WW2 fighter aircraft" , "Hot-tempered person or British plane in WW2" , "World War Two fighter aircraft" , "Famous RAF fighter" , "Fierce-tempered person" .)