Editor in Times, reflecting, longed for certain type of house (4-8)
I believe the answer is:
semi-detached
'type of house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'editor in times reflecting longed' is the wordplay.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'reflecting' is a reversal indicator.
'longed' becomes 'ached' ('ache' can be a synonym of 'long').
'ed' going inside 'times' is 'tedimes'.
'tedimes' in reverse letter order is 'semidet'.
'semidet'+'ached'='SEMI-DETACHED'
'for certain' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for semi-detached that I've seen is " Type of house".)