Of his works, were many in wrought iron? (5)
I believe the answer is:
rodin
'of his works' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'many in wrought iron?' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for 500).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wrought' indicates anagramming the letters (wrought means beaten into a new shape).
'iron' with letters rearranged gives 'roin'.
'd' placed into 'roin' is 'RODIN'.
'were' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rodin that I've seen before include "Great French sculptor of 'The Thinker' etc" , "Famous French figure" , "Sculptor (for the thinking man!)" , "Fr. sculptor (The Kiss)" , "Sculptor of OThe KissO" .)