Given to a little old lady and Edward (7)
I believe the answer is:
granted
'given' is the definition.
(I know that given can be written as granted)
'little old lady and edward' is the wordplay.
'little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'old lady' becomes 'gran' (short for grandmother).
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'gran' with its final letter taken away is 'gra'.
'gra'+'n'+'ted'='GRANTED'
'to a' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for granted that I've seen before include "Given; allowed" , "Admittedly; gave formally" , "Admitted" , "OK - allowed" , "Conceded" .)