Poet in uniform in old British colony (5)
I believe the answer is:
auden
'poet' is the definition.
(Auden is an example)
'uniform in old british colony' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'uniform' could be 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'u' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'aden' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auden that I've seen before include "British-born American poet" , "W. H. - , UK/US poet" , "W. H. ... (British poet)" , "Wystan Hugh -, poet" , "W. H. -, Eng. poet" .)