Hardy confused about Irish leader in Arab kingdom (6)
I believe the answer is:
riyadh
'arab kingdom' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'hardy confused about irish leader' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'irish' is 'i'.
'hardy' anagrammed gives 'ryadh'.
'ryadh' enclosing 'i' is 'RIYADH'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riyadh that I've seen before include "Saudi Arabia's largest city" , "Capital of Saud Arabia" , "Arab capital" , "Middle Eastern capital" , "Capital city of Saudi Arabia" .)