Gay bachelor abducted by aliens, surprisingly (7)
I believe the answer is:
lesbian
'gay' is the definition.
(I know that lesbian is a type of gay)
'bachelor abducted by aliens surprisingly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'bachelor' could be 'b' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts) and 'b' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'aliens' is 'lesian' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lesbian that I've seen before include "Perhaps, islander < Sappho" , "Gay female" .)