New name? Lisa shiftily takes one (5)
I believe the answer is:
alias
'new name?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'lisa shiftily takes one' is the wordplay.
'shiftily' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'lisa' is an anagram of 'alis'.
'alis' going around 'a' is 'ALIAS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alias that I've seen before include "Pseudonym" , "Cabbage salad" , "A sail (anag)" , "Otherwise known as" , "Otherwise called" .)