A Greek lover suppressing vote for Macedonian (9)
I believe the answer is:
alexander
'macedonian' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a greek lover suppressing vote' is the wordplay.
'greek lover' becomes 'leander' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'greek' bit.).
'suppressing' is an insertion indicator.
'vote' becomes 'x' (how votes are marked).
'leander' enclosing 'x' is 'lexander'.
'a'+'lexander'='ALEXANDER'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alexander that I've seen before include "A Great old Macedonian king" , "The Great conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia" , "Great king of ancient Macedonia" , "Conquering Macedonian" , "Great king; --- Pope, poet" .)