Character Ibsen created in Councillor, a big cheese? (7)
I believe the answer is:
cheddar
'cheese?' is the definition.
(cheddar is a kind of cheese)
'character ibsen created in councillor a big' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'character' could be 'he' (he is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'he' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cheddar that I've seen before include "Somerset village" , "Reddish cheese of English origin" , "Type of cheese" , "part of ploughman's lunch" , "Popular cheese originally from Somerset" .)