Slogger run out — Jack intercepting whack (6)
I believe the answer is:
trojan
'slogger' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'run out jack intercepting whack' is the wordplay.
'run out' becomes 'RO' (cricket abbreviation).
'jack' becomes 'J' (playing card abbreviation).
'intercepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'whack' becomes 'tan' (tan can mean to beat or thrash).
'ro'+'j'='roj'
'roj' inserted into 'tan' is 'TROJAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trojan that I've seen before include "one typically hard-working" , "To work like one is to work hard" , "Computer threat" , "Hard-working person - coded material inserted to disrupt a computer program" , "Paris who abducted Helen was such a prince" .)