He may not like women. Bet Alice can change him (8)
I believe the answer is:
celibate
'change him' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'he may not like women bet alice' is the wordplay.
'bet alice' anagrams to 'CELIBATE'.
But, I am not sure how this is indicated.
'can' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for celibate that I've seen before include "Abstinent" , "Belie act of being voluntarily chaste" , "Remaining chaste for religious reasons." , "Citeable as unmarried for religious reasons" , "Just like Catholic priest" .)