State where house secured by goodish priest? (8)
I believe the answer is:
oklahoma
'state' is the definition.
(I know that Oklahoma is a state)
'house secured by goodish priest?' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'secured by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are held or secured).
'goodish' becomes 'ok' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'priest?' becomes 'lama' (lama is a kind of priest).
'ok'+'lama'='oklama'
'ho' inserted into 'oklama' is 'OKLAHOMA'.
'where' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oklahoma that I've seen before include "American state and name of great musical" , "A holm oak for a musical" , "Stage production" , "Show" , "American state and great western musical" .)