Policeman discovers it's untidy garden I object to (8)
I believe the answer is:
gendarme
'policeman' is the definition.
(I know that gendarme is a type of policeman)
'discovers it's untidy garden i object to' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'garden' is 'gendar' which is within the answer.
'i' could be 'me' and 'me' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gendarme that I've seen before include "Nice policeman" , "Busy" , "French copper" , "French officer - merge DNA (anag)" , "see in Paris!" .)