Roguish letters to a politician (5)
I believe the answer is:
scamp
'politician' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'roguish letters to a' is the wordplay.
'roguish letters' becomes 'sc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to a' becomes 'amp' (A is the symbol for the amp or ampere).
'sc'+'amp'='SCAMP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scamp that I've seen before include "little monkey" , "Mischievous child (colloq.)" , "Little Devil" , "Scallywag" , "Impish youngster" .)