Talk about revolutionary leader beheaded for Edward? (9)
I believe the answer is:
confessor
'edward?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'talk about revolutionary leader beheaded' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'leader' could be 'f' (I have seen 'German leader ' mean 'f' so perhaps 'leader' could also mean 'f') and 'f' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for confessor that I've seen before include "One admitting sins" , "Priest who hears admission of faults" , "Edward the --, king of England" , "One who admits to sins" , "One listens to the sins of others" .)