Subject of fiction with grand elevated title (8)
I believe the answer is:
liegeman
'subject' is the definition.
(historical subject of a lord)
'fiction with grand elevated title' is the wordplay.
'fiction' becomes 'lie' (I've seen this before).
'with grand' becomes 'g' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'elevated' says the letters should be written backwards (down clues only).
'title' becomes 'name' (I've seen this before).
'name' backwards is 'eman'.
'lie'+'g'+'eman'='LIEGEMAN'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for liegeman that I've seen before include "Person serving lord" , "Loyal follower" , "A loyal person" , "Vassal, subject" .)