Scaremonger to skip eating refined butter (9)
I believe the answer is:
jitterbug
'scaremonger' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'skip eating refined butter' is the wordplay.
'skip' becomes 'jig' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'refined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'butter' with letters rearranged gives 'tterbu'.
'jig' placed around 'tterbu' is 'JITTERBUG'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jitterbug that I've seen before include "Fast, jerky American dance of the 1940s" , "Nervous person" , "Lively jazz dance of the 1940s" , "1940s US dance" .)