Tolkien character (7)
I believe the answer is:
gandalf
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">tolkien character</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for gandalf that I've seen before include "Tolkien character" , "Tolkien's wizard" .)