Complies with boy's poor presentation in English (5)
I believe the answer is:
obeys
'complies with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'boy's poor presentation in english' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'boy's' could be 'obys' and 'obys' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obeys that I've seen before include "Listens to" , "Carries out (instruction)" , "Carries out orders" , "Submits to authority" , "Does as one's told" .)