Popular small porker with head removed close say to wings? (8)
I believe the answer is:
insignia
'wings?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'popular small porker with head removed close say' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'porker' becomes 'pig' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with head removed' means to remove the first letter.
'close say' becomes 'nia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pig' with its first letter taken away is 'ig'.
'in'+'s'+'ig'+'nia'='INSIGNIA'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for insignia that I've seen before include "arms" , "Badge or emblems of office" , "Stars and stripes, say" , "Badge of membership" , "Badges of office" .)