Capital way to supply chessmen (6)
'capital' is the definition.
(financial assets)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assets that I've seen before include "One's valuable possessions" , "valued possessions" , "Valuable property" , "Valuables, things worth having" , "One's goods and property" .)
'chessmen' is the definition.
(horse is a kind of chessman)
'capital way to supply' is the wordplay.
'capital way' becomes 's' (Compass direction - South. I am not sure about the 'capital' bit.).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'supply' becomes 'horse' (horsing is a kind of supplying).
's' after 'horse' is 'HORSES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for horses that I've seen before include "Domesticated animals" , "Equines" , "Equine animals" , "Steeds" , "Hoofed mammals (which go with 19 4)" .)