Local rules initially inhibiting genius abandoning popular province (8)
I believe the answer is:
leinster
'province' is the definition.
(province of Ireland)
'local rules initially inhibiting genius abandoning popular' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'lester' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leinster that I've seen before include "Irish town" , "Irish rugby team" , "One of the four provinces of Ireland" , "part of Ireland" , "Province of SE Ireland" .)
