Like relatives of a kind? (4)
I believe the answer is:
akin
'like' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'relatives of a kind?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'relatives' could be 'kin' (I've seen this before) and 'kin' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for akin that I've seen before include "Similar in quality" , "not totally similar" , "Having similar characteristics" , "Related or similar - as a relative?" , "Of like nature or related" .)