Try to get money from murderer, having seen off one classic murder victim (6)
I believe the answer is:
duncan
'murderer having seen off one classic murder victim' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'try to get money' is the wordplay.
'try to' becomes 'dunan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'get' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'money' becomes 'c'.
'dunan' placed around 'c' is 'DUNCAN'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for duncan that I've seen before include "Scottish king" , "Man's name" , "innovative dancer" , "King murdered by ambitious Macbeth" , "Isadora ..., pioneer of modern dance" .)