Member of clan in settlement facing alarm? (8)
I believe the answer is:
campbell
'member of clan' is the definition.
'campbell' can be an answer for 'clan' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'member of' bit.
'settlement facing alarm?' is the wordplay.
'settlement' becomes 'camp' (I have seen 'Temporary settlement' mean 'camp' so perhaps 'settlement' could also mean 'camp').
'facing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'alarm?' becomes 'bell' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'camp'+'bell'='CAMPBELL'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for campbell that I've seen before include "Donald of "Bluebird" fame - Sol of Arsenal fame" , "Old clan" , "Malcolm --, who was killed in his boat Bluebird on Coniston Water" , "Donald --, died in 1967 on Coniston Water" .)