John almost making a comeback, or George? (5)
I believe the answer is:
eliot
'george?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eliot that I've seen before include "thin material rejected" , "Author of Adam Bede, d.1880" , "T S . . . . . wrote ''The Waste Land''" , "British poet, d. 1965" , "Murder in the Cathedral author" .)