For the price of 50 silver pieces, something sensitive (6)
I believe the answer is:
feeler
'for' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'price of 50 silver pieces something sensitive' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'price' could be 'fee' (I've seen this before) and 'fee' is found in the answer.
'50' could be 'l' (Roman numeral) and 'l' is found within the answer.
'something' could be 'er' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'er' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for feeler that I've seen before include "Organ of touch or tentative proposal" , "A cautious proposal - sounds touching" , "Antenna or cautious proposal" , "sensation seeker" , "Sensing organ" .)