Syrian neighbour curses in shelter (8)
I believe the answer is:
lebanese
'syrian neighbour' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'curses in shelter' is the wordplay.
'curses' becomes 'banes' ('bane' can be a synonym of 'curse').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'shelter' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'banes' put within 'lee' is 'LEBANESE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lebanese that I've seen before include "Abel seen strangely in Beirut, say" , "Nationality of citizen of Beirut" , "Eg, native to Beirut" , "One from Beirut, say" , "Middle Eastern" .)