Outspoken article written by G B Shaw (7)
I believe the answer is:
candida
'g b shaw' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'outspoken article written by' is the wordplay.
'outspoken' becomes 'candid' (synonyms).
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'written by' says to put letters next to each other.
'candid'+'a'='CANDIDA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for candida that I've seen before include "by G.B. Shaw" , "Fungus" , "GBS play" , "Parasite" .)