Criminal snipers caught inside might still have a shot at the monarchy perhaps? (8)
I believe the answer is:
princess
'might still have a shot at the monarchy perhaps?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'criminal snipers caught inside' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'snipers' with letters rearranged gives 'priness'.
'priness' placed around 'c' is 'PRINCESS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "Royal girl" , "Attractive woman" , "lady unreachable?" , "Royal lady" , "Daughter of a sovereign" .)