Accomplished fellow with a certain bearing (4)
I believe the answer is:
done
'accomplished' is the definition.
(to do something is to accomplish it)
'fellow with a certain bearing' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a certain bearing' becomes 'e' (East, a compass bearing or direction. I am not sure about the 'certain' bit.).
'don'+'e'='DONE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for done that I've seen before include "Achieved" , "Artist's workroom" , "This sort of thing is socially acceptable" , "Finished or ended" , "Managed" .)