Someone important in the dairy? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
big cheese
'the dairy?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'someone important' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'important' could be 'big' (synonyms) and 'big' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cheese' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for big cheese that I've seen before include "Important chap" , "Notable" , "boss" , "VIP" , "Important person (slang)" .)