One who works as he plays? (8)
I believe the answer is:
musician
'one who works' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'he plays?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ian' and 'ian' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'music' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for musician that I've seen before include "Trombonist or drummer, say" , "Kennedy, O'Conor or Galway, say" , "Composer - instrumentalist" , "Violinist, e.g." , "Cellist or pianist, say" .)