Largely rotate Royal Engineers over time in part of a tank? (6)
I believe the answer is:
turret
'part of a tank?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'largely rotate royal engineers over time' is the wordplay.
'largely' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the letters).
'rotate' becomes 'turn' (I've seen this before).
'royal engineers' becomes 'RE' (abbreviation).
'over time' becomes 't' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'over' bit.).
'turn' with its last letter removed is 'tur'.
'tur'+'re'+'t'='TURRET'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turret that I've seen before include "Little (e.g. castle) tower" , "Small corner tower" , "Small tower (on castle, etc)" , "Armoured tower" , "Feature of tank" .)