Storyteller nears end that's complicated (8)
I believe the answer is:
andersen
'storyteller' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'nears end that's complicated' is the wordplay.
'that's complicated' indicates an anagram (a complex or confusing ordering of the letters).
'nears'+'end'='nearsend'
'nearsend' with letters rearranged gives 'ANDERSEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for andersen that I've seen before include "Hans Christian ........, Danish story-teller" , "Hans Christian . . . . . . . . was a writer of children's stories" , "Hans Christian ..., writer of fairy tales" , "Great Dane, perhaps" , "Hans Christian --, Danish author" .)