Those receiving orders etc from The Times to accept no tip (7,4)
I believe the answer is:
honours list
'those receiving orders etc from the times' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'accept no tip' is the wordplay.
'accept no' becomes 'honours' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tip' becomes 'list' (both can mean to tilt).
'honours'+'list'='HONOURS LIST'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for honours list that I've seen is " Those to receive knighthoods, etc".)