House-sitters look subdued in this place before noon, lady admitted (5,2,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
peers of the realm
'admitted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'house-sitters look subdued in this place before noon lady' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'house' could be 'h' and 'h' is found in the answer.
'look' could be 'peer' (to peer at something is to look at it) and 'peer' is present in the answer.
'subdued' could be 'soft' (similar in meaning) and 'soft' is present in the answer.
'before' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'noon' could be 'm' and 'm' is present in the answer.
'lady' could be 'rea' and 'rea' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for peers of the realm that I've seen is " people in top seats".)