Text analyst for example taken on by City briefly (7)
I believe the answer is:
exegete
'text analyst' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'example taken on by city briefly' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'taken on by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get taken on or taken in).
'city' becomes 'exeter' (exeter is a city).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'exeter' with its final letter taken off is 'exete'.
'eg' inserted within 'exete' is 'EXEGETE'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exegete that I've seen before include "commentator" , "scriptural interpreter" , "Interpreter of scripture" .)