I'm annoyed about putting company before individual (6)
I believe the answer is:
conrad
'before individual' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'i'm annoyed about putting company' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' and 'on' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conrad that I've seen before include "Joseph ...... wrote 'Lord Jim'" , "Joseph ---, Polish-born novelist" , "Heart of Darkness author" , "Joseph --, writer (Lord Jim)" , "Joseph --, author" .)