Beheaded, slain by wild citizen (6)
I believe the answer is:
libyan
'citizen' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'beheaded slain by wild' is the wordplay.
'beheaded' means to remove the first letter (the head of the word is removed).
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'slain'+'by'='slainby'
'slainby' with its initial letter removed is 'lainby'.
'lainby' with letters rearranged gives 'LIBYAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for libyan that I've seen before include "Muammar Gaddafi's nationality" , "as those born in Tripoli" , "Find not guilty" , "From Benghazi, perhaps" , "Relating to a north African country" .)