Tls 1269

[Muriel11]

One left (not too much Shakespeare this week ! )
23 across ....describing one in love with those leading Latin command troops perhaps (7)
N?L?T?C
Can you also explain your answer thanks

[Toorak]

Nilotic?

Anagram of I in o (one in love) & l(atin) c(ommand ) t(roops )

Not sure about the definition though

[Calibax]

I can only think of Nilotic the fits the letters but apart from nil=love I can't see the definition of the wordplay!

[Calibax]

*or the wordplay

[Calibax]

Does the clue start with an ellipsis? Does it follow from the previous clue?

[Mamyalynne]

Previous answer is - Troilus

[bookbinder]

Have you given us the whole clue?

[Muriel11]

That is the whole clue but the clue before is 21across One involved in disastrous lust or........(7) which I thought was an anagram with answer TROILUS Was there an Egyptian Troilus?