Mad liar bewildered high-ranking person (7)
I believe the answer is:
admiral
'high-ranking person' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'mad liar bewildered' is the wordplay.
'bewildered' is an anagram indicator.
'mad'+'liar'='madliar'
'madliar' anagrammed gives 'ADMIRAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for admiral that I've seen before include "Senior officer; mad liar (anag.)" , "Highest ranking naval officer" , "Top-ranking naval officer" , "Blake, for one" , "Senior naval officer" .)