A spacecraft accommodating old great figure (9)
I believe the answer is:
alexander
'great figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a spacecraft accommodating old' is the wordplay.
'spacecraft' becomes 'lander' (eg a moon lander).
'accommodating' indicates putting letters inside.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'lander' going around 'ex' is 'lexander'.
'a'+'lexander'='ALEXANDER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alexander that I've seen before include "Conquering Macedonian" , "Field marshal" , "band-leader" , "Boy" , "The Great Man" .)