Deputy with very brief experience at the higher level? (6-2-7)
I believe the answer is:
second-in-command
'deputy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'with very brief experience at the higher level?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is located in the answer.
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'level?' could be 'o' (O level is an example) and 'o' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for second-in-command that I've seen before include "Officer immediately below chief officer" , "Deputy" .)