Prudish woman making bloomer (8)
I believe the answer is:
primrose
'bloomer' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'prudish woman' is the wordplay.
'prudish' becomes 'prim' (synonyms).
'woman' becomes 'rose' ().
'prim'+'rose'='PRIMROSE'
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for primrose that I've seen before include "Woodland plant with pale yellow flowers" , "something in the bed!" , "Spring woodland flower" , "Yellow spring flower from promiser" , "Pale yellow- a primula" .)