Mischievously inscribe an item with tip from Tommy Cooper maybe (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
cabinet minister
'cooper maybe' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'mischievously inscribe an item with tip from tommy' is the wordplay.
'mischievously' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'tip from' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'tommy' is 't'.
'inscribe'+'an'+'item'='inscribeanitem'
'inscribeanitem' is an anagram of 'cabineminister'.
'cabineminister' placed around 't' is 'CABINET MINISTER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cabinet minister that I've seen before include "member of government" , "May perhaps" , "high-ranking member?" , "senior politician" , "went down to provide 22 24 [WHISKY GALORE] - with 17d" .)