Judge leaving kid bearing crown is Walter Mitty type (8)
I believe the answer is:
escapist
'judge leaving kid' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'crown is walter mitty type' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'crown' could be 'cap' (synonyms) and 'cap' is found in the answer.
'is' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'est' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'bearing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escapist that I've seen before include "Dreamer, wishful thinker" , "One fleeing reality" , "Walter Mitty" , "One avoiding reality" , "I fantasise" .)