Male with head shaved on top? (4)
I believe the answer is:
monk
'top?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'male with head shaved on' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'with head' becomes 'on' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'shaved' says to take the centre.
'on' becomes 'working'.
The middle letter of 'working' is 'k'.
'm'+'on'+'k'='MONK'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for monk that I've seen before include "Tonsured person" , "Man in a religious order" , "Friar" , "Thelonious - - (jazz)" , "One in a religious order" .)