The time soon comes round for him to appear (5)
I believe the answer is:
anton
'him to appear' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'the time soon comes round' is the wordplay.
'the time' becomes 't'.
'soon' becomes 'anon' (I've seen this before).
'comes round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
't' placed within 'anon' is 'ANTON'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anton that I've seen before include "Boy" , "- Chekhov, playwright" , "Rodgers perhaps" , "man" , "..... Chekov" .)