Scandinavian girl at back of horse — seated thus? (7)
I believe the answer is:
astride
'scandinavian girl at back of horse seated thus?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'scandinavian girl at back of horse' is the wordplay.
'scandinavian girl' becomes 'astrid' (I've seen this before).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'back of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'horse' is 'e'.
'astrid'+'e'='ASTRIDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for astride that I've seen before include "With legs stretched apart - tirades (anag)" , "On top of" , "Passing across" , "Extending across" , "On the back of" .)