Female in stardom rocking midlands town (8)
I believe the answer is:
stamford
'midlands town' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'female in stardom rocking' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rocking' indicates an anagram.
'stardom' is an anagram of 'stamord'.
'f' put inside 'stamord' is 'STAMFORD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stamford that I've seen before include "-- Bridge, Ten sixty-six battle site" , "town in Lincolnshire" .)