Porridge character whose work caused feathers to fly? (8)
I believe the answer is:
fletcher
'porridge' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'character whose work caused feathers to fly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'character' could be 'he' (he is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'he' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fletcher that I've seen before include "at 16 down [MAN UNITED]" , "gaolbird" , "quarrel-maker?" , "Arrow maker" , "Arrow-maker" .)