Behold new professor in English place (6)
I believe the answer is:
london
'english place' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'behold new professor' is the wordplay.
'behold' becomes 'lo' ('lo' is an archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'professor' becomes 'don' (term for a university professor).
'lo'+'n'+'don'='LONDON'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for london that I've seen before include "- Clay; - pride; - plane" , "Where Boris Johnson might be" , "City of the Cockneys" , "Home of Cockney" , "City for the non-old, oddly" .)