Nightclub employee finding British ringleader carrying a small amount (7)
I believe the answer is:
bouncer
'nightclub employee' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'british ringleader carrying a small amount' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'ringleader' becomes 'r' (first letter of ring).
'carrying' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, the bottom letters carry others).
'a small amount' becomes 'ounce' (an ounce is a small amount).
'r' after 'ounce' is 'ouncer'.
'b'+'ouncer'='BOUNCER'
'finding' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bouncer that I've seen before include "It could be a ball or a chuckerout" , "tough doorman" , "Chucker-out for nightclub" , "Nightclub security doorman" , "Nightclub door worker" .)