What long-ruling monarch is in bronze in (old-fashioned) 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 in' 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' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bronze' becomes 'tan' (both can mean to get a sun tan).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'er' inserted within 'tan' is 'teran'.
'eh' placed within 'teran' is 'TEHERAN'.
'old-fashioned' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teheran that I've seen before include "City" , "Iran capital (one spelling)" , "Iran's capital" , "Near the (anag) - capital" .)