Secretary accompanying a Scotsman? (5)
I believe the answer is:
paper
'scotsman?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'secretary accompanying a' is the wordplay.
'secretary' becomes 'PA' (abbreviation for personal assistant).
'accompanying' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'pa'+'per'='PAPER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paper that I've seen before include "Set of written exam questions" , "Treatise" , "Scholarly article" , "News publication" , "Set of examination questions" .)