Think steak cooked right for athlete (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
figure skater
'athlete' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'think steak cooked right' is the wordplay.
'think' becomes 'figure' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'steak' anagrammed gives 'skate'.
'figure'+'skate'+'r'='FIGURE-SKATER'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for figure skater that I've seen before include "Pattern maker on ice" , "Sporting type" .)