County set eating pigeons hotel left out (8)
I believe the answer is:
somerset
'county' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'set eating pigeons hotel left out' is the wordplay.
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'pigeons' becomes 'homers' (homer is a kind of pigeon).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'left out' is a deletion indicator.
'homers' with 'h' taken out is 'omers'.
'set' going around 'omers' is 'SOMERSET'.
(Other definitions for somerset that I've seen before include "Old English county" , "cricket team" , "Cheddar Gorge's county" , "head over heels" , "Street location" .)