First woman given about two pounds for flat (5)
I believe the answer is:
level
'flat' is the definition.
(I know that flat can be written as level)
'first woman given about two pounds' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'eve' (Eve is an example) and 'eve' is found in the answer.
'pounds' could be 'll' (two L's - the pound symbol is based on L) and 'll' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for level that I've seen before include "Having a flat, horizontal surface" , "Flat, even" , "Flat and smooth" , "Device ot establish a flat surface" , "Staying at same height" .)