Go ensure boss is not afraid to loosen the purse strings (8)
I believe the answer is:
generous
'go' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'ensure boss is not afraid to loosen the purse strings' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'ensure' is 'enerus' which is present in the left over letters.
A single letter 'g' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for generous that I've seen before include "More than adequate" , "Showing largess" , "Lavish" , "Princely" , "Charitable" .)