Second-rate skill all right for barman? (6)
I believe the answer is:
bartok
'barman?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'second-rate skill all right' is the wordplay.
'second rate' becomes 'b'.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'all right' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'b'+'art'+'ok'='BARTOK'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bartok that I've seen before include "Hungarian composer of folk music" , "Hungarian composer and pianist, d. 1945" , "Bark to attract great Hungarian composer" , "classical composer" , "Bela -, nineteenth and twentieth century Hungarian composer" .)