Way sailors misguidedly sit for someone like Picasso? (9)
I believe the answer is:
modernist
'picasso?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'way sailors misguidedly sit for someone' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'e' (Compass direction - East).
'sailors' becomes 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'misguidedly' is an anagram indicator.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'someone' becomes 'mod' (mod is a kind of someone**).
'sit' is an anagram of 'ist'.
'e'+'rn'+'ist'='ernist'
'ernist' after 'mod' is 'MODERNIST'.
'like' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for modernist that I've seen before include "Unconventional artist" , "One shunning tradition" .)