Sort of art shown by the man at the wheel before the firing takes place (7)
I believe the answer is:
ceramic
'sort of art' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'the man at the wheel before the firing takes place' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'ram' and 'ram' is located in the answer.
'before' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'shown by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ceramic that I've seen before include "china bowl, say" , "Potter's product" , "pot" , "Relating to pottery" , "Like pottery" .)