Characters inspired by Benjamin Franklin later on (5)
I believe the answer is:
infra
'later on' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'characters inspired by benjamin franklin' is the wordplay.
'INFRA' is hidden within the letters.
However, I am uncertain how the hidden word is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for infra that I've seen before include "-- Dig means degrading" , "Latin adverb meaning below or further on in book" , "Below (as prefix)" , "appearing later in book?" , "Coming below" .)