Name of a good man the first mate is after (5)
I believe the answer is:
steve
'name' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a good man the first mate is after' is the wordplay.
'a good man' becomes 's'.
'first' says to take the initial letters.
'mate' becomes 'eve' (I have seen 'First mate' mean 'eve' so perhaps 'mate' could also mean 'eve').
'is after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
The first letter of 'the' is 't'.
's'+'t'+'eve'='STEVE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steve that I've seen before include "Sir - - Redgrave (oarsman)" , "- McQueen, US actor" , "- Reich; - Biko" , "- - Harmison (bowler)" , "- - Wright (R2)" .)