Opening somehow meant for severe critic (7,3)
I believe the answer is:
hatchet man
'severe critic' is the definition.
'hatchet man' can be an answer for 'critic' (I have seen 'intemperate critic' mean 'hatchet man' so perhaps 'critic' could also mean 'hatchet man'). I'm unsure of the 'severe' bit.
'opening somehow meant' is the wordplay.
'opening' becomes 'hatch' (I've seen this before).
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'meant' is an anagram of 'etman'.
'hatch'+'etman'='HATCHET MAN'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hatchet man that I've seen before include "intemperate critic" , "malicious critic" .)