Area on top of seedy place by small estate? (6)
I believe the answer is:
assets
'estate?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'area on top of seedy place by small' is the wordplay.
'on top of' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'on top' mean this).
'seedy place' becomes 'sets' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
The initial letter of 'area' is 'a'.
'sets' put after 's' is 'ssets'.
'a'+'ssets'='ASSETS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assets that I've seen before include "Personal wealth" , "One's total goods" , "Useful skills" , "One's goods and property" , "Advantages" .)