What long-ruling monarch is in bronze in Asian capital? (7)
I believe the answer is:
teheran
'asian capital?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'what long-ruling monarch is in bronze' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 'eh' (sound used to ask 'what?' or 'pardon?').
'long ruling monarch' becomes 'er' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is in' is an insertion indicator.
'bronze' becomes 'tan' (both can mean to get a sun tan).
'eh'+'er'='eher'
'eher' going into 'tan' is 'TEHERAN'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teheran that I've seen before include "Iran capital (one spelling)" , "City" , "Iran's capital" , "Near the (anag) - capital" .)