Ramshackle town embraced humble detective without a second thought (10)
I believe the answer is:
tumbledown
'ramshackle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tumbledown that I've seen before include "neglected" , "collapsed" , "unstable" , "threatening to collapse" , "Ramshackle" .)