Attendant first to confirm the level we're on? (8)
I believe the answer is:
courtier
'attendant' is the definition.
(courtier is a kind of attendant)
'first to confirm the level we're on?' is the wordplay.
'first to' says to take the initial letters.
'the level' becomes 'tier' (synonyms).
'we're' becomes 'our' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on?' means one lot of letters go next to another.
The first letter of 'confirm' is 'c'.
'tier' put after 'our' is 'ourtier'.
'c'+'ourtier'='COURTIER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for courtier that I've seen before include "Messenger" , "Attendant on monarch" , "Royal attendant" , "Monarch's adviser" , "Attendant at palace" .)