S African actor taking time off - she's going fishing (5)
I believe the answer is:
heron
'going fishing' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
's african actor taking time off she's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'taking' could be 'on' (eg one taking drugs is 'on' drugs) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'she' could be 'her' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'her' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heron that I've seen before include "Wader" , "eg Egret" , "Graceful grey bird with long neck" , "flier" , "Big bird" .)