Receiver of post — man said to faint? (8)
I believe the answer is:
maildrop
'receiver' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'post man said to faint?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'post' could be 'mail' (synonyms) and 'mail' is found in the answer.
'man' could be 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man') and 'r' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dop' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?