Name that can mean a lot in the East and North (5)
I believe the answer is:
elton
'name that can' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a lot in the east and north' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'lot' is 'lto' which is within the answer.
'east' could be 'e' (synonyms) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'mean' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elton that I've seen before include "One John" , "Ben --; -- John" , "First name of singer/songwriter born Reginald Dwight in 1947" , "Let on he's John, the singer" , ". . . . . John (musician)" .)