Singer, popular in the 1980s, still profiting from wishing everyone a Merry Christmas (6,7)
I believe the answer is:
shakin stevens
'singer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'popular in the 1980s still profiting from wishing everyone a merry christmas' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'1980s' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
'still' could be 'even' (synonyms) and 'even' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for shakin stevens that I've seen is " Singer".)