Election candidate confused Dimbleby, by withdrawing (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
lib-dem
'election candidate' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'confused dimbleby by withdrawing' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'withdrawing' is a deletion indicator.
'dimbleby' with 'by' taken out is 'dimble'.
'dimble' is an anagram of 'LIB-DEM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lib-dem that I've seen before include "Nick Clegg is one, in short" , "Member of a UK political party (abbr)" .)