See director general close to some gatekeeper’s house (5)
I believe the answer is:
lodge
'gatekeeper's house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'see director general close to some' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic word meaning 'look!').
'director general' becomes 'dg' (abbreviation in organisations eg the BBC).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'some' is 'e'.
'lo'+'dg'+'e'='LODGE'
(Other definitions for lodge that I've seen before include "House in the wilds" , "Fix" , "Gatehouse; beaver's den" , "Comic novelist" , "See 9" .)