Old Scottish lord occupying Elizabethan estate (5)
I believe the answer is:
thane
'old scottish lord' is the definition.
'thane' can be an answer for 'lord' (thane is a kind of lord). I also know that 'scottish' relates to this answer.
'occupying elizabethan estate' is the wordplay.
'occupying' indicates a hidden word (letters for the answer occupy part of the clue).
'THANE' is hidden within 'elizabethan estate'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thane that I've seen before include "Anglo-Saxon or Scottish title" , "Scots tenant of the crown, often a clan chief" , "Scot who held land from the king" , "Title held by Macbeth" , "Macbeth became - of Cawdor" .)