Backed exams taken again eliminating English winter sportsperson (6)
I believe the answer is:
skater
'winter sportsperson' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'backed exams taken again eliminating english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'taken' could be 'ate' (eating is a kind of taking) and 'ate' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skater that I've seen before include "Rink performer" , "Person sliding over ice" , "Winter sportsman" , "One using blades (or rollers?)" , "one should go on ice" .)