One attending to canine in a bad way? (7)
I believe the answer is:
dentist
'one attending to canine in a bad way?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'one attending to canine in a bad way?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'attending' says to put letters next to each other (to attend can mean to follow).
'to canine in a bad' becomes 'dent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'way?' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'i' put after 'dent' is 'denti'.
'denti'+'st'='DENTIST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dentist that I've seen before include "Occasional driller" , "Tooth doctor" , "Practitioner who looks down in the mouth?" , "Teeth treater" , "part of the medical team" .)