Crooked expat Ray is government supporter (8)
I believe the answer is:
taxpayer
'government supporter' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'crooked expat ray' is the wordplay.
'crooked' is an anagram indicator (a crooked or disrupted version of the letters).
'expat'+'ray'='expatray'
'expatray' anagrammed gives 'TAXPAYER'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for taxpayer that I've seen before include "Inland Revenue target" , "I'm burdened by duty" , "Extra pay (anag.)" , "Earner contributing to government funding" , "Government funder" .)