Old boy suffers setback in India, country offering woeful interjection (7)
I believe the answer is:
ichabod
'woeful interjection' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'old boy suffers setback in india country' is the subsidiary indication.
'old boy' becomes 'ob'.
'suffers setback' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'suffering setback' mean this).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'country' becomes 'chad' (Chad is an example**).
'ob' back-to-front is 'bo'.
'i'+'chad'='ichad'
'bo' going inside 'ichad' is 'ichabod'.
'offering' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for ichabod that I've seen is " the glory is departed".)