Vandal toppled crane that's shrouded in fog (9)
I believe the answer is:
miscreant
'vandal' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'toppled crane that's shrouded in fog' is the wordplay.
'toppled' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters topples or collapses).
'that's shrouded in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fog' becomes 'mist' (mist is a kind of fog).
'crane' is an anagram of 'crean'.
'crean' going inside 'mist' is 'MISCREANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miscreant that I've seen before include "criminal" , "scoundrel" , "Offender" , "culprit" , "Wretch" .)