Poseur from Germany boarding small punt (9)
I believe the answer is:
swaggerer
'poseur' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'germany boarding small punt' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'ger' (I've seen this in other clues).
'boarding' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'punt' becomes 'wager' (I've seen this before**).
's'+'wager'='swager'
'ger' placed inside 'swager' is 'SWAGGERER'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for swaggerer that I've seen is " he's arrogant".)