The way a road has an admiral's name (6)
I believe the answer is:
howard
'admiral's name' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'the way a road has an' is the wordplay.
'the way' becomes 'how' (how something is done).
'a road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'rd' after 'a' is 'ard'.
'how'+'ard'='HOWARD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for howard that I've seen before include "Member of 7 [ORDER OF MERIT]" , "See 6" , "See 7" , "Man" , "-- Hughes, reclusive US?tycoon" .)