One who takes off from Port Said (8)
I believe the answer is:
parodist
'one who takes off' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'from port said' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'port'+'said'='portsaid'
'portsaid' anagrammed gives 'PARODIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parodist that I've seen before include "One taking off" , "One makes fun" , "One takes off" , "The caricaturist" , "imitator of others" .)