Upstanding banana DNA guy protects one from Africa (7)
I believe the answer is:
ugandan
'one from africa' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'upstanding banana dna guy protects' is the wordplay.
'upstanding' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'protects' indicates a hidden word (hidden letters are protected by the clue).
'nadnagu' is hidden in the letters of 'banana dna guy'.
'nadnagu' reversed gives 'UGANDAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ugandan that I've seen before include "From Kampala or Entebbe?" , "Particular African" , "Citizen of African country, capital Kampala" , "inhabitant of Kampala?" , "Nationality of citizen of Kampala" .)