Character caught on centre of set in Spartacus ? (4)
I believe the answer is:
epic
'spartacus ?' is the definition.
(Spartacus is an epic film)
'character caught on centre of set' is the wordplay.
'character' becomes 'pi' (pi is a kind of character).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'centre of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'set' is 'e'.
'pi'+'c'='pic'
'pic' put after 'e' is 'EPIC'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for epic that I've seen before include "Tale of heroic deeds" , "Large-scale" , "Heroic, huge" , "Long poem, book, film" , "A long poem or book with adventurous theme" .)