Serious crime publication not for northern readers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
sedition
'serious crime' is the definition.
'sedition' can be an answer for 'crime' (sedition is a kind of crime). I am not certain of the 'serious' bit.
'publication not for northern readers?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'publication' could be 'edition' (edition is a kind of publication) and 'edition' is located in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sedition that I've seen before include "Incitement to disorder" , "Treason - it is done (anag)" , "Incitement to riot" , "Revolution against a government" , "Subversive activity" .)