Anglo-Saxon magistrate seen regarding person taking apple without permission (5)
I believe the answer is:
reeve
'anglo-saxon magistrate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'regarding person taking apple without permission' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'regarding' could be 're' (re can mean regarding, concerning) and 're' is located in the answer.
'person' could be 'eve' (Eve is an example) and 'eve' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'seen' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reeve that I've seen before include "magistrate of long ago" , "High official" , "Saxon magistrate" , "Pass the end of a rope through the bailiff" , "Bird - female of the ruff" .)