Spy boss in red coat replaced Joe Biden? (8)
I believe the answer is:
democrat
'joe biden?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'spy boss in red coat replaced' is the wordplay.
'spy boss' becomes 'M' (M is the head of MI6 in the James Bond series).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'replaced' is an anagram indicator.
'red'+'coat'='redcoat'
'redcoat' anagrammed gives 'deocrat'.
'm' placed into 'deocrat' is 'DEMOCRAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for democrat that I've seen before include "American politician" , "Believer in government of, for and by the people" , "US political party supporter" , "Believer in popular government" , "Advocate of government by elected representatives" .)