American skipper of Nautilus, on three points, displaying bloomers (8)
I believe the answer is:
anemones
'bloomers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'american skipper of nautilus on three points' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'skipper of nautilus' becomes 'nemo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'three points' becomes 'nes'.
'a'+'nemo'+'nes'='ANEMONES'
'displaying' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anemones that I've seen before include "bloomers" , "Mean nose (anag.)" , "No enemas for these flowers" , "Flowers of the buttercup family" , "Sane omen for sea creatures" .)