Spanish squire in timeless verse grasping an axe (6,5)
I believe the answer is:
sancho panza
'spanish squire' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'timeless verse grasping an axe' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
'axe' could be 'chop' (chop with an axe) and 'chop' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sancho panza that I've seen before include "Don Quixote's squire" , "squire to a knight" , "Spanish squire" , "Don Quixote's companion" , "Don Quixote's servant" .)