English workers in outside accommodation by old rundown housing unit (8)
I believe the answer is:
tenement
'old rundown housing unit' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'english workers in outside accommodation' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'workers' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of worker).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'outside accommodation' becomes 'tent' (I have seen 'Temporary accommodation' mean 'tent' so perhaps 'accommodation' could also mean 'tent'. I am not sure about the 'outside' bit.**).
'e'+'men'='emen'
'emen' inserted inside 'tent' is 'TENEMENT'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenement that I've seen before include "Old dwelling for multiple occupation" , "slum housing?" , "Flat" , "Building divided into small let units" , "Apartment in a US block" .)