See red mysteriously over retweet from one on the run from The Troubles (8)
I believe the answer is:
deserter
'run from the troubles' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'see red mysteriously over retweet from one on the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'see' is 'ese' which is within the answer.
'red' could be 'r' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deserter that I've seen before include "Illegal army leaver" , "Serviceman running away" , "Turncoat" , "One illegally leaving armed forces" , "Rat" .)