Advice from English playmaker receiving ball (7)
I believe the answer is:
pointer
'advice from english' is the definition.
'pointer' can be an answer for 'advice' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'from english' bit.
'playmaker receiving ball' is the wordplay.
'playmaker' becomes 'Pinter' (playwright Harold Pinter).
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ball' becomes 'o' (O looks like a ball).
'pinter' going around 'o' is 'POINTER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pointer that I've seen before include "under control of mouse" , "Smooth-haired game-dog" , "Gun dog" , "The dog provides an indication" , "Arrow" .)