Auditor's first letter held by Scargill? (8)
I believe the answer is:
examiner
'auditor's' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'first letter held by scargill?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one or first) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'letter' could be 'ex' (X) and 'ex' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for examiner that I've seen before include "Tester or inspector" , "judge" , "Assessor" , "One who tests, inspects or inquires into" , "One looks for information" .)