Perhaps Ant ignoring Conservative figure in the corner? (5)
I believe the answer is:
inset
'perhaps ant' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'ignoring conservative figure in the corner?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'corner?' could be 'se' (south east corner of something) and 'se' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inset that I've seen before include "Part of picture" , "Smaller map" , "Picture inside a larger one" , "Photographic cameo superimposed on to another print" , "Magazine feature" .)