Thug like a charging animal? (5)
I believe the answer is:
bully
'thug' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a charging animal?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'animal?' could be 'bull' (bull is a kind of animal) and 'bull' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bully that I've seen before include "Very good" , "excellent" , "Intimidate" , "Intimidator" , "Well done" .)