Man in street patient chap records on a Dictaphone? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
joe bloggs
'man in street' is the definition.
(Joe Bloggs refers to a typical or average person)
'patient chap records on a dictaphone?' is the wordplay.
'patient chap' becomes 'joe' (I am not sure about the 'patient' bit.**).
'records' becomes 'blogs'.
'on a dictaphone?' shows a homophone (sound like) (how the word might sound on a dictaphone).
'blogs' sounds like 'bloggs'.
'joe'+'bloggs'='JOE BLOGGS'
(Other definitions for joe bloggs that I've seen before include "Generally, man" , "The ordinary bloke" , "Personification of the average man ..." , "Personification of the man on the street" , "Name for common man" .)