Like Cleopatra, for example, with Antony ending in apt fashion (8)
I believe the answer is:
egyptian
'like cleopatra' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'example with antony ending in apt fashion' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'ending' suggests the final letters (the ending of the word).
'fashion' is an anagram indicator.
The last letter of 'antony' is 'y'.
'in'+'apt'='inapt'
'inapt' with letters rearranged gives 'ptian'.
'y' put within 'ptian' is 'yptian'.
'eg'+'yptian'='EGYPTIAN'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "Person from Alexandria?" , "Alexandria native?" , "Cleopatra or Tutankhamun, say" , "One from Suez" , "Eg, native of Cairo" .)