Savage nomad — hard one in the north? (3)
I believe the answer is:
hun
'savage' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'nomad hard one in the north?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hard' could be 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications) and 'h' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one') and 'un' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hun that I've seen before include "Attila the ... invaded Europe in 5th century" , "Attila was a great one" , "Warlike nomad" , "Asiatic invader" , "old invader" .)