Ben Folds Five working with a family member (5,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
flesh and blood
'member' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'ben folds five working with a family' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is located in the answer.
'family' could be 'blood' (blood can mean one's family) and 'blood' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'flesh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flesh and blood that I've seen before include "One's own family" , "Relatives (one's own?)" , "Humankind, human nature" , "Human nature - kin" , "Real - relatives" .)