Man on the make (7)
I believe the answer is:
creator
'man on the make' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'man on' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man') and 'r' is located in the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creator that I've seen before include "Person who makes or invents things" , "Maker" , "The Almighty" , "Inventor" , "Someone who makes something" .)