Unusually, he paints and he acts (8)
I believe the answer is:
thespian
'he acts' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'unusually he paints' is the wordplay.
'unusually' is an anagram indicator.
'he'+'paints'='hepaints'
'hepaints' anagrammed gives 'THESPIAN'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thespian that I've seen before include "Player" , "Stage-player" , "He paints (anag)" , "cast member" , "Actor - neat hips (anag)" .)
