English title: 'Liberal went ahead with a tough coat (9)
I believe the answer is:
enamelled
'english title 'liberal went ahead with a tough coat' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'english title 'liberal went ahead' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'title' becomes 'name' (I've seen this in another clue).
''liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'went ahead' becomes 'led' (led the way).
'e'+'name'+'l'+'led'='ENAMELLED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enamelled that I've seen before include "Glossed over" , "put a coat on" , "Glossy" .)