Conservative custom on a table (14)
I believe the answer is:
traditionalist
'conservative' is the definition.
(I know that traditionalist is a type of conservative)
'custom on a table' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'custom' could be 'tradition' (synonyms) and 'tradition' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'table' could be 'list' and 'list' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for traditionalist that I've seen before include "One resisting change" , "One who is averse to change" , "Lover of the past" , "One preferring minimum change" .)