Shout about a very intimidating presence (5)
I believe the answer is:
heavy
'intimidating presence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shout about a very' is the wordplay.
'shout' becomes 'heay' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a very' becomes 'v' (common abbreviation).
'heay' enclosing 'v' is 'HEAVY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heavy that I've seen before include "Difficult to lift" , "Hard to lift" , "Villain" , "Stodgy; difficult" , "Not light" .)