Court accommodating former King and old Emperor? (8)
I believe the answer is:
concerto
'emperor?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'court accommodating former king and old' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'accommodating' is an insertion indicator.
'former king' becomes 'oncer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'ct' enclosing 'oncer' is 'concert'.
'concert'+'o'='CONCERTO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for concerto that I've seen before include "Composition for orchestra in several movements" , "Piece for soloist and orchestra" , "Work for soloist and orchestra" , "Musical piece for soloist(s) and orchestra" , "Composition for orchestra and soloist" .)