A handier shutter? (6)
I believe the answer is:
closer
'a handier shutter?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are comparative adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shutter?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'shutter?' could be 'close' (shuttering is a kind of closing) and 'close' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for closer that I've seen before include "more precise" , "Nearer or more intimate" , "Nearer in time or space" , "Nearer or more penny-pinching" , "Less distant" .)