General first in rank with a bloodthirsty one (5)
I believe the answer is:
tiger
'a bloodthirsty one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'general first in rank' is the wordplay.
'general first' becomes 'g' (tst letter of 'general').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rank' becomes 'tier' (tier is a kind of rank).
'g' going within 'tier' is 'TIGER'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tiger that I've seen before include "Large striped cat" , "audacious person" , "Beast as Shere Khan" , "Fierce, determined type" , "Shere Khan's type" .)