Roan limped badly. Spell it the same either way (10)
I believe the answer is:
palindrome
'spell it the same either way' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'roan limped badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'roan'+'limped'='roanlimped'
'roanlimped' with letters rearranged gives 'PALINDROME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palindrome that I've seen before include "Bob, perhaps" , "Word reading the same backwards and forwards" , "E.g. mum, dad" , "Hannah, perhaps" , "which looks the same from the other side" .)