Dummy price with a variable stock provided (8)
I believe the answer is:
pacifier
'dummy' is the definition.
(I know that dummy can be written as pacifier)
'price with a variable stock provided' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'provided' could be 'if' (eg 'provided it's sunny' means 'if it's sunny') and 'if' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'price' is 'pcier' which is within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pacifier that I've seen before include "Peacemaker" , "One soothing; US dummy" , "Baby's dummy" .)