Garden feature held back by scaremonger (5)
I believe the answer is:
gnome
'garden feature' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'held back by scaremonger' is the wordplay.
'back by' is a reversal indicator.
'held' indicates a hidden word.
'emong' can be found hidden inside 'scaremonger'.
'emong' written backwards gives 'GNOME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gnome that I've seen before include "Small fellow" , "Goblin" , "Fairytale dwarf, often in garden" , "little chap fishing in the garden" , "Men go (anag.)" .)