Sometime Kent player, dealing with woman, tempted (5)
I believe the answer is:
reeve
'sometime kent player' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'dealing with woman tempted' is the wordplay.
'dealing with' becomes 're' (regarding).
'woman tempted' becomes 'eve'.
're'+'eve'='REEVE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reeve that I've seen before include "Old-style magistrate" , "Female flyer" , "Someone with a tale" , "Anglo-Saxon magistrate - female bird - pass (a rope) through a hole" , "magistrate of long ago" .)