Predict judge is to recall celebrity would-be Slough bomber (8)
I believe the answer is:
betjeman
'would-be slough bomber' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'predict judge is to recall celebrity' is the wordplay.
'predict' becomes 'bet' (betting is a kind of predicting).
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'is to recall' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'celebrity' becomes 'name' (as in a 'big name').
'name' backwards is 'eman'.
'bet'+'j'+'eman'='BETJEMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for betjeman that I've seen before include "Sir John --, former poet laureate" , "He hymned Joan Hunter Dunn" , "John ---, 70s Poet Laureate" , "Slough was his" , "See 10" .)