Occasionally even Joe Swash is excited with the doorknocker? (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
jehovahs witness
'doorknocker?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'occasionally even joe swash is excited with the' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' means one should take alternating letters (letters taken at regular intervals or occasions).
'excited with' indicates an anagram.
The alternate letters of 'even' are 'vn'.
'vn'+'joe'+'swash'+'is'='vnjoeswashis'
'vnjoeswashis' anagrammed with 'the' gives 'JEHOVAHS WITNESS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jehovahs witness that I've seen before include "sectarian" , "one preaching the Second Coming" .)