… and to cover his city following article in study … (9)
I believe the answer is:
caparison
'and to cover his' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'city following article in study' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'paris' (Paris is an example).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'study' becomes 'con' (con can informally mean to study).
'paris' put after 'a' is 'aparis'.
'aparis' put inside 'con' is 'CAPARISON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caparison that I've seen before include "horse's cover" , "Cover for a horse" , "Rich clothing" , "rich gear" , "covering for the Shires?" .)