Praise a king for new grant (9)
I believe the answer is:
adoration
'praise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a king for new grant' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'king' could be 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adoration that I've seen before include "Worship, veneration" , "Deep love and respect" , "high esteem" , "Not a radio (anag.)" , "praise" .)