Guardian of morals and drunken crones (6)
I believe the answer is:
censor
'guardian of morals' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'drunken crones' is the wordplay.
'drunken' is an anagram indicator.
'crones' is an anagram of 'CENSOR'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for censor that I've seen before include "Person authorised to remove unacceptable passages" , "State official who vets books etc for crones" , "Crones (anag) - (person with powers to) make cuts in letters, plays etc" , "Ban (part of book, etc)" , "Bowdlerise" .)