Switches oil and gas flowing over reconnected electric leads in old apartments for women (8)
I believe the answer is:
seraglio
'electric leads in old apartments for women' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'switches oil and gas flowing over reconnected' is the wordplay.
'switches' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'switched' mean this).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'flowing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'reconnected' becomes 'er' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oil' reversed gives 'lio'.
'gas' anagrammed gives 'sag'.
'sag' placed around 'er' is 'serag'.
'lio' after 'serag' is 'SERAGLIO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seraglio that I've seen before include "Gaolers I mixed up in harem" , "single-sex accommodation" , "Gaolers I found in Turkish women's quarters" , "Female apartments" , "Collection of wives" .)