Name the Egyptian leader with 55 islands (5)
I believe the answer is:
elvis
'name' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'egyptian leader with 55 islands' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'55' becomes 'LV' (Roman numerals).
'islands' becomes 'is' (i is an abbreviation for island).
The first letter of 'egyptian' is 'e'.
'e'+'lv'+'is'='ELVIS'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elvis that I've seen before include "The familiar R 'n'Roll king" , "'The King,' 50s pop idol" , "The King, d. 1977" , "Musically, The King" , "Singer, 1935-77" .)