Help a councillor with a backward rural region (7)
I believe the answer is:
arcadia
'rural region' is the definition.
'Arcadia' can be an answer for 'region' (Arcadia is an example). I am not sure about the 'rural' bit.
'help a councillor with a backward' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'councillor' becomes 'cr' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'backward' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'aid'+'a'+'cr'+'a'='aidacra'
'aidacra' reversed gives 'ARCADIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arcadia that I've seen before include "Idealised country region" , "pastoral paradise" , "Idealised rural region" , "such as Strephon enjoyed?" , "part of Greece" .)