Killer put down by Spooner (8)
I believe the answer is:
croatian
'down by spooner' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for croatian that I've seen before include "European native" , "Raincoat (anag.)" , "Native to a Balkan republic that became independent in 1991" , "Split personality" , "Slavic language" .)