She can dish out a stew, sir (8)
I believe the answer is:
waitress
'she' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'dish out a stew sir' is the wordplay.
'dish out' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'dished out' mean this).
'a'+'stew'+'sir'='astewsir'
'astewsir' with letters rearranged gives 'WAITRESS'.
'can' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for waitress that I've seen before include "Restaurant employee" , "One serving at table" , "Server at table" , "Restaurant worker" , "Female server" .)