He gets the blame for small animal having cloak (9)
I believe the answer is:
scapegoat
'he gets the blame' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'small animal having cloak' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'animal' becomes 'goat' (I've seen this before).
'having' is an insertion indicator.
'cloak' becomes 'cape' (cape is a kind of cloak).
's'+'goat'='sgoat'
'sgoat' going around 'cape' is 'SCAPEGOAT'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scapegoat that I've seen before include "One made to take blame" , "One given the blame" , "Can carrier" , "I'll take the blame" , "Aunt Sally" .)