Provider of vase for ashes reportedly in hospital (6)
I believe the answer is:
earner
'provider' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'vase for ashes reportedly in hospital' is the wordplay.
'vase for ashes' becomes 'urn' (I've seen this before).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'in hospital' becomes 'er' (I've seen this in other clues).
'urn' is a homophone of 'earn'.
'earn'+'er'='EARNER'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for earner that I've seen before include "One who gets money for work" , "one working for a living" , "Worker with income" , "Something generating a good profit" , "One receives wages in return for labour" .)