Of the type to give a twist to the tail, I see (6)
I believe the answer is:
italic
'of' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'type to give a twist to the tail i see' is the wordplay.
'type' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to the tail' indicates one should take the final letters.
'see' becomes 'alic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The last letter of 'twist' is 't'.
't'+'i' is 'ti'.
'ti' is an anagram of 'it'.
'it'+'alic'='ITALIC'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for italic that I've seen before include "(Of text) sloping" , "Sloping script" , "Inclined to emphasise" , "Printing style used for emphasis" , "Type of script" .)