Those promoted after skating? (8)
I believe the answer is:
officers
'those promoted' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'skating?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'skating?' could be 'ice' (ice skating is a kind of skating) and 'ice' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for officers that I've seen before include "Those elected or appointed to positions of trust" , "Policemen" , "Commissioned ranks in the services" , "They hold positions of authority or command" , "Commissioned members of the military" .)