There’s a Forest of it with a road east and north (5)
I believe the answer is:
arden
'there's a forest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a road east and north' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'north' becomes 'n' (synonyms).
'a'+'rd'+'e'+'n'='ARDEN'
'of it with' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arden that I've seen before include "Wood in play" , "Shakespearean forest" , "Playwright; Shakespeare's forest" , "John --, playwright" , "Wooded region of Warwickshire" .)