Racecourse a northerner identifies? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ascot
'racecourse' is the definition.
(British racecourse)
'a northerner identifies?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'northerner' could be 'scot' (someone from Scotland) and 'scot' is found within 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 ascot that I've seen before include "sporting event" , "racing centre" , "track" , "Coats (anag) - racecourse" , "Racecourse, home to the Gold Cup since 1807" .)