Security expert with curly hair, folk tale said (9)
I believe the answer is:
locksmith
'security expert' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'curly hair folk tale said' is the wordplay.
'curly hair folk' becomes 'locks' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tale' becomes 'myth' (I have seen 'Tall tale' mean 'myth' so perhaps 'tale' could also mean 'myth').
'said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'myth' is a homophone of 'mith'.
'locks'+'mith'='LOCKSMITH'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locksmith that I've seen before include "Security expert" , "Maker of secure fasteners" , "Yale scholar" , "Security worker" , "Maker of security devices" .)