Stingy type of heir limiting men with power (8)
I believe the answer is:
scorpion
'stingy type' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'heir limiting men with power' is the wordplay.
'heir' becomes 'scion' (I've seen this before).
'limiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'men with' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'or'+'p'='orp'
'scion' placed around 'orp' is 'SCORPION'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scorpion that I've seen before include "Poisonous arachnid" , "Stinging creature" , "Creature with a sting in its tail" , "Desert arachnid" , "Eight sign of Zodiac, kind of spider" .)