Lackey of dodgy boss, mostly awful (8)
I believe the answer is:
dogsbody
'lackey' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'dodgy boss mostly awful' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'dodgy'+'boss'='dodgyboss'
'dodgyboss' with its final letter removed is 'dodgybos'.
'dodgybos' is an anagram of 'DOGSBODY'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dogsbody that I've seen before include "General factotum" , "One who carries out menial tasks for another" , "found in pets' cemetery?" , "One given menial tasks" , "Person given menial tasks" .)