Suspect ranted about Brown being dismissed? (9)
I believe the answer is:
redundant
'dismissed?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'suspect ranted about brown' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates an anagram (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'brown' becomes 'dun' (dun is a kind of brown).
'ranted' is an anagram of 'redant'.
'redant' enclosing 'dun' is 'REDUNDANT'.
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for redundant that I've seen before include "jobless!" , "no longer needed" , "No longer necessary" , "out of a job" , "unwanted" .)