Rejected American's asked for ID by senior cops (9)
I believe the answer is:
discarded
'rejected american's' is the definition.
'discarded' can be an answer for 'rejected' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'american's' bit.
'asked for id by senior cops' is the wordplay.
'asked for id' becomes 'carded' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'senior cops' becomes 'DIs' (detective inspectors).
'carded' after 'dis' is 'DISCARDED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for discarded that I've seen before include "Thrown away" , "Dad's cider (anag) - chucked out" , "scrapped" , "Disposed of" , "Cast aside, threw away" .)