Could Victor be beholden to the apprentice for an ooh or an aah? (5)
I believe the answer is:
vowel
'an ooh or an aah?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'could victor be beholden to the apprentice' is the wordplay.
'could victor' becomes 'v' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'be beholden to' becomes 'owe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'the apprentice' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'v'+'owe'+'l'='VOWEL'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vowel that I've seen before include "Non-consonant" , "Type of letter such as A" , "aeio or u" , "A or e, say" , "Possibly a" .)