Calumny making a Cretan lose his head? (7)
I believe the answer is:
slander
'calumny' is the definition.
(I know that calumny can be written as slander)
'a cretan lose his head?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slander that I've seen before include "False/malicious speech" , "Snarled about malicious statement" , "Injurious defamation by spoken words" , "backbiting" , "Malicious speech" .)