People accommodated in principle here? (8)
I believe the answer is:
tenement
'here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'people accommodated in principle' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'accommodated in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'principle' becomes 'tenet' (a tenet is a principle or value).
'men' inserted inside 'tenet' is 'TENEMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenement that I've seen before include "Run-down apartment house" , "Run-down building housing many people" , "Block of flats" , "Building divided into several residences" , "Rented accommodation" .)