Help a councillor get returned by a rural area (7)
I believe the answer is:
arcadia
'a rural area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'help a councillor get returned' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'aida' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'councillor' becomes 'cr' (abbreviation).
'get' indicates putting letters inside.
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'cr'='acr'
'aida' going around 'acr' is 'aidacra'.
'aidacra' written backwards gives 'ARCADIA'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arcadia that I've seen before include "rural area" , "part of Greece" , "Idealised pastoral setting - Greek region" , "Ideal rustic paradise" , "Idealised rustic paradise" .)