Muse who tolerates light? (11)
I believe the answer is:
torchbearer
'muse who tolerates' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'light?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'light?' could be 'torch' (type of light) and 'torch' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bearer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torchbearer that I've seen before include "Leader in a cause" , "Person who leads or inspires" , "Inspiring leader" , "One who leads or inspired others" .)