Muscovite name for the USSR, possibly? (7)
I believe the answer is:
russian
'muscovite' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'name for the ussr possibly?' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'ian' ().
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'possibly?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'possibly' mean this).
'ussr' is an anagram of 'russ'.
'ian' put after 'russ' is 'RUSSIAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for russian that I've seen before include "St Petersburg native" , "Putin's language" , "Slav" , "Muscovite possibly" , "Countryman" .)