Property right in heart of Grateley taken by girl (7)
I believe the answer is:
tenancy
'property right' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'heart of grateley taken by girl' is the wordplay.
'heart of' indicates the central letters.
'taken by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'girl' becomes 'nancy' ().
The middle letters of 'grateley' are 'te'.
'te'+'nancy'='TENANCY'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenancy that I've seen before include "Rental period" , "Period of holding land, office" , "Temporary occupation of property" , "Holding for rent" , "Property agreement" .)