One hunted astride his mount in the distant past (10)
I believe the answer is:
prehistory
'the distant past' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'one hunted astride his mount' is the wordplay.
'one hunted' becomes 'prey' (I've seen this in another clue).
'astride' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mount' becomes 'tor' (I've seen this in other clues).
'his'+'tor'='histor'
'prey' going around 'histor' is 'PREHISTORY'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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