Connoisseur's item offered at lower price first? (10)
I believe the answer is:
specialist
'connoisseur's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'at lower price first?' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'lower price' becomes 'special' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'first?' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles sst).
'special' next to 'ist' is 'SPECIALIST'.
'item offered' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for specialist that I've seen before include "One skilled in a limited field" , "particular skill" , "Expert" , "One skilled in a specific field" .)