Cheekily having commandeered the spot next to the fan? (6)
I believe the answer is:
coolly
'cheekily' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'commandeered the spot next to the fan?' is the wordplay.
'commandeered the spot next' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the fan?' becomes 'cool' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ly' put after 'cool' is 'COOLLY'.
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for coolly that I've seen is " with reserve".)