A little attention around college regarding office work (5-6)
I believe the answer is:
white-collar
'a little attention around college regarding office work' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'a little attention around college' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'little' could be 'whit' (I've seen this before) and 'whit' is present in the answer.
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'college' could be 'c' and 'c' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for white-collar that I've seen before include "Relating to non-manual workers" , "Designating those other than manual workers" , "Pertaining to salaried professional" .)