Roman official’s search round area to get gold (8)
I believe the answer is:
quaestor
'roman official's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'search round area to get gold' is the wordplay.
'search' becomes 'quest' (I've seen this before**).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'quest' going around 'a' is 'quaest'.
'quaest'+'or'='QUAESTOR'
(Other definitions for quaestor that I've seen before include "Roman official" , "Official in ancient Rome" .)