Like a tyrant? Roman emperor is this following October (5)
I believe the answer is:
avian
'tyrant? roman emperor is this following october' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'like a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avian that I've seen before include "Birdlike" , "To do with birds - like a dangerous flu" , "Relating to birds" , "Resembling a bird" , "Lizard with adhesive foot-pads" .)