Welshman taken in by shady landlord (5)
I believe the answer is:
dylan
'welshman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'in by shady landlord' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'DYLAN' can be found hidden inside 'by shady landlord'.
'taken' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dylan that I've seen before include "American singer-songwriter Bob, b. 1941" , "Bob (singer-songwriter) - Thomas (poet)" , "Bob (musician) or Thomas (poet)" , "and 19: Welsh poet" , "Great Welsh poet . . . . . Thomas" .)