Place with lots of appeal occupied by The Times (8)
I believe the answer is:
sothebys
'place with lots' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'appeal occupied by the times' is the wordplay.
'appeal' becomes 'sos' (I have seen 'urgent appeal' mean 'sos' so perhaps 'appeal' could also mean 'sos').
'occupied by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'times' becomes 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by').
'the'+'by'='theby'
'sos' placed around 'theby' is 'SOTHEBYS'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sothebys that I've seen before include "Auctioneers" , "Famous auction house" .)