Is artist high priest who lives in the Middle East? (7)
I believe the answer is:
israeli
'lives in the middle east?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'is artist high priest' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'high priest' becomes 'eli' (biblical figure).
'is'+'ra'+'eli'='ISRAELI'
'who' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for israeli that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Tel Aviv" , "A Middle-Easterner" , "Benjamin Netanyahu, for instance" , "... coming from neighbouring [TO EGYPT] country" , "Statesman" .)