Top lawyer initially representing Silver (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
attorney general
'top' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'lawyer initially representing silver' is the wordplay.
'lawyer' becomes 'attorney' (synonyms).
'initially' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go before others).
'representing silver' becomes 'general' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'attorney'+'general'='ATTORNEY-GENERAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for attorney general that I've seen before include "Senior lawyer" , "Chief law officer" , "chief legal officer" , "Lawman" , "Crown legal officer" .)