An ancient Roman name I dish out (6)
I believe the answer is:
pilate
'an ancient roman name' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'i dish out' is the wordplay.
'dish' becomes 'plate' (plate is a kind of dish).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'i' placed inside 'plate' is 'PILATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pilate that I've seen before include "prefect" , "Biblical Roman procurator of Judaea" , "Magistrate passing death sentence" , "Biblical judge who asked 'What is truth'" , "Roman who authorised the crufixion of Jesus" .)
