No amateur cooked pies for salon (12)
I believe the answer is:
professional
'no amateur' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'cooked pies for salon' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'pies'+'for'+'salon'='piesforsalon'
'piesforsalon' with letters rearranged gives 'PROFESSIONAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for professional that I've seen before include "Skilled career person" , "Not amateur" , "Paid sportsman" , "Expert - one paid in sport etc" , "Skilful, competent" .)