Old person and resistance spies abducted by Martians, allegedly (7)
I believe the answer is:
mercian
'old person' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'and resistance spies abducted by martians allegedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
'resistance' could be 'r' (abbreviation in physics and electronics) and 'r' is found within the answer.
'spies' could be 'cia' (Central Intelligence Agency) and 'cia' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'me' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for mercian that I've seen is " Of Offa's kingdom; Crimean (anag.)".)