One taking over role of penny-pinching money lender (7)
I believe the answer is:
usurper
'one taking over role' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'penny-pinching money lender' is the wordplay.
'penny' becomes 'p' (short for pence).
'pinching' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters are taken or pinched).
'money lender' becomes 'usurer' (I've seen this before).
'p' going into 'usurer' is 'USURPER'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usurper that I've seen before include "One seizing power illegally" , "Someone who takes power by force" , "replacing person" , "Illegal supplanter" , "One seizes power illegally" .)
