He has taking ways (6)
I believe the answer is:
robber
'he has taking ways' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'he has taking ways' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Ber'.
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'taking ways' becomes 'rob' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ber' put after 'rob' is 'ROBBER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for robber that I've seen before include "Highwayman, for example" , "Mugger" , "Burglar" , "Property stealer" , "Violent thief" .)