Southern English after staff for northern vicarage (5)
I believe the answer is:
manse
'northern vicarage' is the definition.
'manse' can be an answer for 'vicarage' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'northern' bit.
'southern english after staff' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
's'+'e'='se'
'se' after 'man' is 'MANSE'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manse that I've seen before include "church property?" , "Presbyterian minister's residence" , "Names (anag.)" , "building near church?" , "Minister's quarters" .)