Writer closer to snack has a bite (5)
I believe the answer is:
keats
'writer' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'closer to snack has a bite' is the wordplay.
'closer to' suggests the final letters (the letter which ends or closes the word).
'has a bite' becomes 'eats' (I've seen this in another clue).
The final letter of 'snack' is 'k'.
'k'+'eats'='KEATS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for keats that I've seen before include "Grecian Urn poet" , "Author of the poem Ode to a Nightingale, d. 1821" , "second-hand Homer reader" , "English poet, d. 1821 in Rome of TB" , "John - - (19)" .)