County would shirk problems in times past (9)
I believe the answer is:
yorkshire
'county' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'would shirk problems in times past' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'shirk' is 'rkshi' which is located in the answer.
'past' could be 'yore' (synonyms) and 'yore' is located in the remaining letters.
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 yorkshire that I've seen before include "English region" , "land in the North" , "This pudding is eaten with roast beef" , "_________ pudding, savoury dish" , "English county noted for relish and pudding with beef" .)