Reader supporting firm line for hoarder (9)
I believe the answer is:
collector
'hoarder' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'reader supporting firm line' is the wordplay.
'reader' becomes 'lector' (synonyms).
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'firm' becomes 'co' (abbreviation for company).
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'co'+'l'='col'
'lector' after 'col' is 'COLLECTOR'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for collector that I've seen before include "Accumulator, gatherer" , "One who accumulates things" , "Accunulator, gatherer" , "taxman?" , "Acquirer of antiques, taxes, etc" .)