US politician about to meet innkeeper (10)
I believe the answer is:
republican
'us politician' is the definition.
'republican' can be an answer for 'politician' (Republican is an example). I am unsure of the 'us' bit.
'about to meet innkeeper' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'to meet' says to put letters next to each other.
'innkeeper' becomes 'publican' (I've seen this before).
're'+'publican'='REPUBLICAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for republican that I've seen before include "American politician" , "anti-monarchist" , "Eg Lincoln" , "Member of US political party" , "in foreign party" .)