He wrote an invitation to the dance, notedly (5)
I believe the answer is:
weber
'he wrote an invitation to the dance notedly' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'he wrote an invitation' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Web'.
'wrote an invitation' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'web'+'er'='WEBER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for weber that I've seen before include "Opera composer" , "Carl Maria von ---, composer; Max ---, sociologist" , "Composer of Der Freischutz, d. 1826" , "100,000,000 maxwells" , "Founder of the German Romantic school of opera, d. 1826" .)