Little girl led astray by Mr Bumble, say? (6)
I believe the answer is:
beadle
'mr bumble say?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'little girl led astray by' is the wordplay.
'little girl' becomes 'bea' (I am not sure about the 'little' bit.**).
'astray' is an anagram indicator.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'led' is an anagram of 'dle'.
'bea'+'dle'='BEADLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beadle that I've seen before include "University employee" , "Bumble's job (Oliver Twist)" , "Old parish officer" , "Mr Bumble's position in "Oliver Twist"" , "Parish official (hist.)" .)