Protean spirit of record spinner in Islington area (6)
I believe the answer is:
djinni
'record spinner in islington area' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'protean spirit' is the wordplay.
'protean' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'spirit' becomes 'jinni' (jinni is a kind of spirit).
'd'+'jinni'='DJINNI'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for djinni that I've seen is " Arabian spirit".)