Our neighbour is a pianist, takes one thousand after play (9)
I believe the answer is:
pakistani
'our neighbour' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'pianist takes one thousand after play' is the wordplay.
'takes' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'a'.
'thousand' becomes 'k' (synonyms).
'after play' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'after playing' mean this).
'pianist'+'a'+'k'='pianistak'
'pianistak' with letters rearranged gives 'PAKISTANI'.
'is a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pakistani that I've seen before include "A Muslim" , "foreigner" , "National" , "One from Islamabad, say" , "Oriental" .)