Northern eagle represented old American icon (3,4,6)
I believe the answer is:
the lone ranger
'old american icon' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'northern eagle represented' is the wordplay.
'represented' indicates an anagram.
'northern'+'eagle'='northerneagle'
'northerneagle' anagrammed gives 'THE LONE RANGER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for the lone ranger that I've seen is " role behind the mask".)
I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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