Irregular verb later appearing in a column? (9)
I believe the answer is:
vertebral
'appearing in a column?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'irregular verb later' is the wordplay.
'irregular' indicates anagramming the letters.
'verb'+'later'='verblater'
'verblater' anagrammed gives 'VERTEBRAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vertebral that I've seen before include "Sort of column" , "Relating to spinal bones" , "Of the backbone" .)