Red Sea state holds nothing for landed farmers (6)
I believe the answer is:
yeomen
'farmers' is the definition.
(I have seen 'farmers of old' mean 'yeomen' so perhaps 'farmers' could also mean 'yeomen')
'red sea state holds nothing for landed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'state' could be 'me' and 'me' is present in the answer.
'nothing' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'yen' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yeomen that I've seen before include "naval signallers" , "farmers of old" , "Monarch's ceremonial bodyguards" , "Country fellows" , "Sturdy old English folk" .)