Cleaner turned around to catch a bus (9)
I believe the answer is:
charabanc
'bus' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'cleaner turned around to catch a' is the wordplay.
'cleaner' becomes 'char' (char can mean a cleaner).
'turned around' becomes 'abc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to catch' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'abc' enclosing 'an' is 'abanc'.
'char'+'abanc'='CHARABANC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for charabanc that I've seen before include "An ABC arch (anag) - early excursion bus" , "Old vehicle" , "Old tourist coach" , "Early coach" , "E.g. transport" .)