Innovative dog? (5-6)
I believe the answer is:
trend-setter
'innovative dog?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'innovative dog?' is the wordplay.
'innovative' becomes 'trend' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dog?' becomes 'setter' (setter is a type of dog).
'trend'+'setter'='TREND-SETTER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trend-setter that I've seen before include "Fashionable person" , "Leader of fashion" , "One who popularises a fashion" .)