Greek hero gets around grand statesman (7)
I believe the answer is:
jackson
'statesman' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'greek hero gets around grand' is the wordplay.
'greek hero' becomes 'jason' (mythological hero).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'grand' becomes 'k' (both can mean a thousand pounds or dollars).
'c'+'k'='ck'
'jason' placed around 'ck' is 'JACKSON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jackson that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Seventh US president Andrew - actress turned politician Glenda - singers Michael and Janet etc" , "American painter, 1912-56" , "American hero" , "Mississippi capital and 7th US president" .)