The beater who's refusing to work? (7)
I believe the answer is:
striker
'the beater' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'refusing to work?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'work?' could be 'strike' (striking is a kind of working) and 'strike' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'who's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for striker that I've seen before include "One refusing to work - rings the bell" , "Industrial activist" , "Someone facing" , "Soccer player whose main function is to score goals" , "Attacking player" .)