Youth on scooter run overtaking Muse and church official? (9)
I believe the answer is:
moderator
'church official?' 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?
'youth on scooter run overtaking muse' is the wordplay.
'youth on scooter' becomes 'mod' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'overtaking' is an insertion indicator (a word 'takes over' another set of letters).
'muse' becomes 'erato' (Erato is an example).
'mod'+'r'='modr'
'modr' going around 'erato' is 'MODERATOR'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moderator that I've seen before include "who'll combat trolls etc" , "member of exam team" , "Overseer of exam" , "Presbyterian president" , "Substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors" .)