Crossword Genius

Roman emperor in a hard form (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hadrian

'roman emperor' is the definition.
(I know that Hadrian is a roman emperor)

'in a hard form' is the wordplay.
'form' is an anagram indicator (another form of the letters).
'in'+'a'+'hard'='inahard'
'inahard' anagrammed gives 'HADRIAN'.

(Other definitions for hadrian that I've seen before include "His wall crosses northern Britain" , "Roman emperor who built the British wall" , "Wall-building Roman emperor" , "Roman emperor who visited Britain" , "Imperial wall-builder" .)

Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app