Matinée idol from Depression not in broadcast (9)
I believe the answer is:
valentino
'matinee idol' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'depression not in broadcast' is the wordplay.
'depression' becomes 'vale' (vale is a kind of depression).
'broadcast' indicates an anagram (letters scattered or cast around).
'not'+'in'='notin'
'notin' with letters rearranged gives 'ntino'.
'vale'+'ntino'='VALENTINO'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for valentino that I've seen before include "Romantic actor" , "Film star" , "movie idol" , "Rudolph -, twentieth century matinee idol" , "Anti-novel about romantic star of silent cinema" .)