Know about Porter finally finding musical contemporary? (4)
I believe the answer is:
kern
'musical contemporary?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'know about porter finally' is the wordplay.
'know' becomes 'ken' (Scottish term meaning to know).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'porter' is 'r'.
'ken' enclosing 'r' is 'KERN'.
'finding' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kern that I've seen before include "See 14 Across" , "Popular composer" , "Old soldier" , "Jerome __ , Show Boat composer, d. 1945" , "See 12" .)