Wallis Simpson finally stops rattling sabre (6)
I believe the answer is:
barnes
'wallis' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'simpson finally stops rattling sabre' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'stops' indicates putting letters inside (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'rattling' indicates anagramming the letters (letters rattle around).
The final letter of 'simpson' is 'n'.
'sabre' is an anagram of 'bares'.
'n' put into 'bares' is 'BARNES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barnes that I've seen before include "London district" , "- Wallis, British engineer (WWTwo bouncing bombs)" , "Noble partner in US" , "Sir - Wallis, World War Two bouncing bomb inventor" , "associated with Wallis?" .)