Technology dissident left starters of unadorned duckling on crash diet (7)
I believe the answer is:
luddite
'technology dissident' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'left starters of unadorned duckling on crash diet' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'starters of' says to take the initial letters.
'on' indicates putting letters inside.
'crash' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letters of 'unadorned duckling' is 'ud'.
'diet' is an anagram of 'dite'.
'ud' going within 'dite' is 'uddite'.
'l'+'uddite'='LUDDITE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for luddite that I've seen before include "Diluted (anag) - opponent of technological innovation" , "Destroyer of machines" , "One of a gang of English workmen destroying labour-saving mill machinery, 1811-16" , "Diluted by opposer of new technology" , "Early nineteenth century anti-machinery demonstrator" .)