Lover on the rebound posed first for make-up artist (9)
I believe the answer is:
fantasist
'make-up artist' 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?
'lover on the rebound posed first' is the wordplay.
'lover' becomes 'fan' (synonyms).
'on the rebound' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (to rebound is to go backwards).
'posed' becomes 'sat' (posed or sat for an artist).
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles 1st).
'sat' written backwards gives 'tas'.
'fan'+'tas'+'ist'='FANTASIST'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fantasist that I've seen before include "Creator of very imaginative fiction" , "Dreamer" , "Walter Mitty type?" .)