Name the first of the guys in the wrong line (5)
I believe the answer is:
nigel
'name' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'first of the guys in the wrong line' is the wordplay.
'first of' suggests taking the first letters.
'the wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'line' becomes 'el' (el is a kind of line).
The initial letter of 'guys' is 'g'.
'g'+'in'='gin'
'gin' is an anagram of 'nig'.
'nig'+'el'='NIGEL'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nigel that I've seen before include "boy" , "--- Pargetter, (Archers)" , "Boy's name - Elgin (anag)" , "-- Kennedy, violinist" , "First name of the leader of the Brexit Party since 2019" .)