Knock over salt, beginning to annoy strongman? (5)
I believe the answer is:
atlas
'strongman?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'knock over salt beginning to annoy' is the wordplay.
'knock over' is a reversal indicator.
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'annoy' is 'a'.
'salt'+'a'='salta'
'salta' backwards is 'ATLAS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "Plans" , "Set of charts" , "Titan with a fearsome burden" , "Titan who held up the sky" , "Asian satin" .)