Admired new sceptre and keys (9)
I believe the answer is:
respected
'admired' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'new sceptre and keys' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'keys' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sceptre' is an anagram of 'respect'.
'respect'+'ed'='RESPECTED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for respected that I've seen before include "Had a high regard for someone" , "Looked up to" , "'Esteemed, showed deference to (9)'" , "Regarded highly" , "Held in high regard" .)