Saying “Run!”, shocked, when circling area steeped in blood (10)
I believe the answer is:
sanguinary
'steeped in blood' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.
'saying run shocked when circling area' is the wordplay.
'shocked' indicates an anagram (letters are shocked or disrupted).
'when circling' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'saying'+'run'='sayingrun'
'sayingrun' anagrammed gives 'snguinary'.
'snguinary' going around 'a' is 'SANGUINARY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for sanguinary that I've seen is " hopeful".)