Those characters embraced by Jeanne Moreau going all the way back in The Black Cat? (4)
I believe the answer is:
omen
'back in the black cat?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'those characters embraced by jeanne moreau going all the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'way' could be 'n' (Compass direction - North) and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ome' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Sign of things to come" , "Prophetic significance" , "Portent, prophetic indicator" , "Forecast" , "Event regarded as a prophetic sign of good or evil" .)