Rubbish Conservative a flipping professional liar? (5)
I believe the answer is:
actor
'professional liar?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'rubbish conservative a flipping' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (both can mean nonsense).
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'flipping' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'rot'+'c'+'a'='rotca'
'rotca' in reverse letter order is 'ACTOR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for actor that I've seen before include "One taking part" , "Cruise maybe" , "Stage-player" , "One in a play" , "For example, Colman" .)