Monster to walk after beheading? (5)
I believe the answer is:
troll
'monster' is the definition.
(troll is a kind of monster)
'walk after beheading?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'walk' could be 'roll' (roll is a kind of walk) and 'roll' is present in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for troll that I've seen before include "Legendary Norwegian dwarf (or giant)" , "Fish by trailing a baited line" , "Ugly Norse dwarf" , "Ugly creature of folklore" , "unwanted contributor to site?" .)