Old man from Middle East gets hip replacement - the first in a long queue (10)
I believe the answer is:
philistine
'old man' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'middle east gets hip replacement the first in a long queue' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'east' could be 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east') and 'e' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'hip' is 'phi' which is present in the answer.
'first' could be 'ist' and 'ist' is found in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
'long' could be 'l' and 'l' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for philistine that I've seen before include "Tasteless" , "One hostile to culture" , "one who's lowbrow?" , "One indifferent to culture" , "Someone indifferent to culture and the arts" .)