After pressure, is one cutting rights for detainee? (8)
I believe the answer is:
prisoner
'detainee?' is the definition.
(detainee is a kind of prisoner)
'after pressure is one cutting rights' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'rights' becomes 'rr'.
'is'+'one'='isone'
'isone' going within 'rr' is 'risoner'.
'p'+'risoner' is 'PRISONER'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for prisoner that I've seen before include "Captive, detainee" , "Senior PR (anag) - one in detention" , "Person doing porridge?" , "Person behind bars" , "individual incarcerated" .)