Very old chief meets foreign agents from the east (7)
I believe the answer is:
archaic
'very old' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'chief meets foreign agents from the east' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'arch' (synonyms).
'meets' says to put letters next to each other.
'foreign agents' becomes 'cia' (I am not sure about the 'foreign' bit.).
'from the east' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'cia' backwards is 'aic'.
'arch'+'aic'='ARCHAIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for archaic that I've seen before include "Of a much earlier period" , "Behind the times" , "Belonging to former or ancient times" , "Extremely old" , "From the past" .)