Like Hamlet, perhaps, a somewhat desperate man? (6)
I believe the answer is:
danish
'like hamlet perhaps' is the definition.
'a somewhat desperate man?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dish' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for danish that I've seen before include "Copenhagen this capital" , "speech from Hamlet?" , "Nice pastry from Copenhagen" , "Dash in to the mysterious nationality" , "Flat cake - and party's his! (anag)" .)