Touching musical phrase nearly finished old person (5)
I believe the answer is:
relic
'finished old person' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'touching musical phrase nearly' is the wordplay.
'touching' becomes 're' (re can mean touching or regarding).
'musical phrase' becomes 'lick' (I've seen this in another clue).
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'lick' with its final letter taken away is 'lic'.
're'+'lic'='RELIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for relic that I've seen before include "Ancient artefact" , "Holy remnant" , "Paper craft" , "Old memento" , "bit of old religious tradition" .)