Fairly lofty Tudor composer overcoming height (7)
I believe the answer is:
tallish
'fairly lofty tudor' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'composer overcoming height' is the wordplay.
'composer' becomes 'tallis' (choral composer Thomas Tallis).
'overcoming' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'height' becomes 'h' (abbreviation in geometry).
'tallis'+'h'='TALLISH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tallish that I've seen before include "Consider" , "Rather lofty" , "rather large" .)