King eludes one of his followers in darkness (5)
I believe the answer is:
night
'darkness' is the definition.
(night is a kind of darkness)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "Illumination needed now" , "Hours of darkness" , "Time for bed" , "Time between days" , "Time of darkness" .)