Does he arrange, shiftily, for nothing to be shifted? (5)
I believe the answer is:
fixer
'does he arrange shiftily for nothing to be shifted?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'does he arrange' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'arrange' could be 'fix' (I've seen this before) and 'fix' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fixer that I've seen before include "One who makes arrangements" , "Chemical in photography" , "Agent" .)