What's the main man in The Palace doing with ginger in brew? (8)
I believe the answer is:
reigning
'what's the main man in the palace doing' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'with ginger in brew?' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'brew?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'brew' mean this).
'ginger'+'in' is 'gingerin'.
'gingerin' anagrammed gives 'REIGNING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for reigning that I've seen is " Ruling over like a sovereign".)