Midsomer cop rough arresting grand Dickensian raven keeper (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
barnaby rudge
'dickensian raven keeper' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'midsomer cop rough arresting grand' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cop' could be 'nab' (synonyms) and 'nab' is found within the answer.
'grand' could be 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand) and 'g' is found in the answer.
'rough' could be 'rude' (similar in meaning) and 'rude' is found within the leftover letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barnaby rudge that I've seen before include "Early Dickens novel" , "story" , "Eponymous Dickens novel" , "Ruby bandager (anag) - Dickens novel" .)