Audibly wave weapon at literary great (11)
I believe the answer is:
shakespeare
'literary great' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'audibly wave weapon' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'wave' could be 'shake' (I've seen this before) and 'shake' is present in the answer.
'weapon' could be 'spear' (spear is a kind of weapon) and 'spear' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shakespeare that I've seen before include "The Swan of Avon" , "As writer he is performed" , "The Bard of Avon" , "Playwright and poet, author of 154 sonnets" , "English poet" .)