Unimaginative follower to model about its centre (7)
I believe the answer is:
copycat
'unimaginative follower' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'model about its centre' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'model' could be 't' (Ford Model T car) and 't' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'ca' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'ca' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'copy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for copycat that I've seen before include "Person who imitates another in feline way" , "Person imitating others" , "Highly imitative" , "Some murders are" , "Person (or crime) imitating another" .)