Revolutionary at large shown in Sun leader (6)
I believe the answer is:
sultan
'leader' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'revolutionary at large shown in sun' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'shown in' indicates putting letters inside.
'at'+'l'='atl'
'atl' in reverse letter order is 'lta'.
'lta' going inside 'sun' is 'SULTAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sultan that I've seen before include "One governs" , "Ruler of Brunei" , "Ottoman emperor" , "Ottoman sovereign" , "Sovereign of a Muslim state" .)