One might give curls to bust, capturing Pliny's head (8)
I believe the answer is:
sculptor
'one might' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'curls to bust capturing pliny's head' is the wordplay.
'bust' indicates anagramming the letters.
'capturing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'pliny' is 'p'.
'curls'+'to'='curlsto'
'curlsto' with letters rearranged gives 'scultor'.
'scultor' enclosing 'p' is 'SCULPTOR'.
'give' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sculptor that I've seen before include "Artist in three-dimensional shapes" , "Does this artist lop crust off?" , "Rodin or Rowan Gillespie, say" , "Maker of figures" , "Stone-carving artist" .)