Sailor with a fatherly look? (6)
I believe the answer is:
popeye
'sailor' is the definition.
(I have seen 'comic sailor' mean 'popeye' so perhaps 'sailor' could also mean 'popeye')
'with a fatherly look?' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a fatherly' becomes 'pop' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'look?' becomes 'eye' (eyeing is a kind of looking).
'pop' next to 'eye' is 'POPEYE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for popeye that I've seen before include "Spinach and Olive Oyl lover" , "The Sailor Man" , "Spinach-eating sailor" , "Cartoon sailor (showing amazement?)" , "comic sailor" .)