Old male with nowhere possibly for shelter — unlike me? (9)
I believe the answer is:
homeowner
'shelter unlike me?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'old male with nowhere possibly' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'o'+'m'='om'
'om' after 'nowhere' is 'nowhereom'.
'nowhereom' is an anagram of 'HOMEOWNER'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for homeowner that I've seen before include "One with their own property" , "landlord?" .)