In field accommodation, a new occupant (6)
I believe the answer is:
tenant
'occupant' is the definition.
(I know that tenant is a type of occupant)
'in field accommodation a new' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
'accommodation' could be 'tent' (I have seen 'Temporary accommodation' mean 'tent' so perhaps 'accommodation' could also mean 'tent') and 'tent' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenant that I've seen before include "Leaseholder" , "Resident" , "One occupying rented property" , "holder" , "Occupier of rented property" .)