Most Croesus-like king, one hoarder of treasure? (7)
I believe the answer is:
richest
'most croesus-like king one hoarder of treasure?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'most croesus-like king one hoarder of treasure?' is the wordplay.
'most' means to remove the last letter.
'croesus-like' becomes 'rich' (I've seen this in another clue).
'king' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Edward Rex, various English kings).
'one hoarder of treasure?' becomes 'st' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rich'+'er'='richer'
'richer' with its final letter taken away is 'riche'.
'riche'+'st'='RICHEST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for richest that I've seen before include "Best off" , "extremely ornate" , "most valuable" , "Having the most, money say" , "Most affluent and opulent" .)