Traffic controller oddly bemused about priest parking (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
speed bump
'traffic controller' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'oddly bemused about priest parking' is the wordplay.
'oddly' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'priest' becomes 'p' (ecclesiastical abbreviation).
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'bemused' put after 'p' is 'pbemused'.
'pbemused' with letters rearranged gives 'speedbum'.
'speedbum'+'p'='SPEED BUMP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for speed bump that I've seen before include "Sleeping policeman" , "Traffic-calming measure (B, not H)" , "Traffic-calming device" , "traffic checker" , "Sleepng policeman" .)