Tired and old battered Guardian employee? (6)
I believe the answer is:
editor
'guardian employee?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'tired and old battered' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament).
'battered' is an anagram indicator.
'tired' after 'o' is 'otired'.
'otired' is an anagram of 'EDITOR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Director of publication" , "Person who revises and prepares for publication" , "Press boss" , "Newspaperman" , "Senior journalist" .)