Besotted, Mac swoons about a bit of tottie - if she’s this? (10)
I believe the answer is:
scotswoman
'she's this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'besotted mac swoons about a bit of tottie' is the wordplay.
'besotted' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'a bit of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'tottie' is 't'.
'mac'+'swoons'='macswoons'
'macswoons' is an anagram of 'scoswoman'.
'scoswoman' enclosing 't' is 'SCOTSWOMAN'.
'if' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for scotswoman that I've seen is " Celt".)