Musicians writing to a tenor in Paris on back street (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
rap artists
'musicians' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'to a tenor in paris on back street' is the wordplay.
'to a tenor' becomes 't'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'back street' becomes 'rats' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't' placed within 'paris' is 'partis'.
'partis' put into 'rats' is 'RAP ARTISTS'.
'writing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for rap artists that I've seen is " performers".)