A top seat for a renegade (8)
I believe the answer is:
apostate
'a top seat for a renegade' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'top seat for a renegade' is the wordplay.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'renegade' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'top'+'seat'+'a'='topseata'
'topseata' with letters rearranged gives 'APOSTATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apostate that I've seen before include "Like rats" , "Person who has renounced former belief" , "Defector" , "Turncoat" , "Person who renounces a former belief or religion" .)