Heroic subject having to give way to English (4)
I believe the answer is:
epic
'heroic' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'give way to english' is the wordplay.
'give way' becomes 'pic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'pic' put after 'e' is 'EPIC'.
'subject having to' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for epic that I've seen before include "Colossal" , "Long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds" , "blockbuster" , "Surpassing the ordinary" , "Large in scale" .)