Knight and men secure ancient upcountry region (7)
I believe the answer is:
norland
'knight' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'and men secure ancient upcountry region' is the wordplay.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'men' becomes 'OR' (military abbreviation for Other Ranks).
'secure ancient upcountry region' becomes 'land' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'n'+'or'+'land'='NORLAND'
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