Troy's first prophet turned up to encourage woodworker (4,7)
I believe the answer is:
tree surgeon
'woodworker' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'troy's first prophet turned up to encourage' is the wordplay.
'troy's first' becomes 't' (ust letter of 'troy').
'prophet' becomes 'seer' (I've seen this before).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to encourage' becomes 'urgeon' (urging on is a kind of encouraging).
'seer' written backwards gives 'rees'.
't'+'rees'+'urgeon'='TREE SURGEON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tree surgeon that I've seen before include "one who's handy with the willow?" , "One treating date, perhaps" , "worker on plane?" , "branch manager?" , "One might slice cherries" .)