Royal putting trendy captain in iron? (8)
I believe the answer is:
princess
'royal' is the definition.
(princess is a kind of royal)
'trendy captain in iron?' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'captain' becomes 'c' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'iron?' becomes 'press' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'in'+'c'='inc'
'inc' inserted into 'press' is 'PRINCESS'.
'putting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "Female member of a royal family" , "Royal personage" , "Part of royalty" , "A monarch's daughter" , "VIP" .)