Timber reordered by one (5)
I believe the answer is:
ebony
'timber' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'reordered by one' is the wordplay.
'reordered' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'reorder' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'by'+'one'='byone'
'byone' with letters rearranged gives 'EBONY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ebony that I've seen before include "'Hard, dark wood (5)'" , "Tree with blackish wood" , "Hard block tropical wood" , "Black hardwood" , "Hard dark-coloured wood" .)