Finally Legolas meets another of his kind and is content, if a little smug (4-9)
I believe the answer is:
self-satisfied
'smug' is the definition.
(I know that smug can be written as self-satisfied)
'finally legolas meets another of his kind and is content if a little' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'another' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'is' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'little' could be 'l' (abbreviation for little) and 'l' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for self-satisfied that I've seen is " Smug".)