Stylish young woman put on cape (5)
I believe the answer is:
class
'stylish young' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'woman put on cape' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'lass' ().
'put on' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go on or after others).
'cape' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used on maps).
'lass' after 'c' is 'CLASS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for class that I've seen before include "Opportunity to learn" , "Teaching group" , "pupils?" , "First-rate" , "Order - quality" .)