Sorcerers appearing as amateur without cloaks (7)
I believe the answer is:
shamans
'sorcerers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'as amateur without cloaks' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'amateur' could be 'ham' and 'ham' is found in the answer.
'without' could be 'sans' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'sans' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'appearing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shamans that I've seen before include "Medicine men" , "They use magic to cure illness and contact the gods" .)