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 not sure about 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' says to put letters next to each other.
'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" .)