First woman to join the others at the highest level (7)
I believe the answer is:
everest
'the highest level' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'first woman to join the others' is the wordplay.
'first woman' becomes 'Eve' (first woman in the bible).
'to join' says to put letters next to each other.
'the others' becomes 'rest' (other people are the rest).
'eve'+'rest'='EVEREST'
'at' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for everest that I've seen before include "The highest mountain of all (7)" , "Highest peak" , "Himalayan peak" , "A mountain to climb" , "One conquered in 1953" .)