What may ruin seaside attractions for pantomime performer? (7)
I believe the answer is:
pierrot
'pantomime performer?' 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 can't see?
'what may ruin seaside attractions' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ruin' could be 'rot' and 'rot' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'pier' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pierrot that I've seen before include "Male clown from French pantomime" , "Period; incantation" , "he's white-faced at work" , "French panto clown with whitened face" , "Clown from French pantomime with white face and costume - tripe or what?" .)