Premier and queen welcoming right person on a lifeboat? (7)
I believe the answer is:
mariner
'person on a lifeboat?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'premier and queen welcoming right' is the wordplay.
'premier' becomes 'main' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'ER' (short for Elizabeth Regina ie Queen Elizabeth).
'welcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'inviting in').
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'main'+'er'='mainer'
'mainer' placed around 'r' is 'MARINER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mariner that I've seen before include "Sea-goer, ancient in the poem" , "Sailor" , "Man of the sea" , "Person sailing" , "Bluejacket" .)