Detective and judge working overseas for Grace O'Malley at the helm (6)
I believe the answer is:
pirate
'working overseas for grace o'malley at the helm' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'detective and judge' is the wordplay.
'detective' becomes 'pi' (private eye).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'pi'+'rate'='PIRATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pirate that I've seen before include "Publish without permission" , "Penzance marauder ?" , "Buccaneer, sea robber" , "Criminal on the high seas" , "Illegal" .)