With her, a bowler has a minor success (6)
I believe the answer is:
maiden
'a minor success' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'with her a bowler' is the wordplay.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'her' becomes 'De'.
'a bowler' becomes 'main' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'de' inserted within 'main' is 'MAIDEN'.
'has' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "Single" , "Of an aunt, unmarried" , "Girl; kind of over" , "Ship's first trip" , "When you get her" .)