Pagan woman that is seen on street in crowd (9)
I believe the answer is:
priestess
'pagan woman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'that is seen on street in crowd' is the wordplay.
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'seen on' says to put letters next to each other.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'crowd' becomes 'press' (to press can mean to crowd around).
'ie'+'st'='iest'
'iest' placed inside 'press' is 'PRIESTESS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for priestess that I've seen before include "Vestal virgin perhaps" , "Female hierophant" , "Female religious officiant" , "Holy woman" , "Officiator" .)