Grant working women fulfilled goal mid-cadetship (9)
I believe the answer is:
endowment
'grant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'working women fulfilled goal mid-cadetship' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'women' is 'owmen' which is within the answer.
'goal' could be 'end' (both can mean a purpose) and 'end' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' 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 endowment that I've seen before include "Personal quality - type of mortgage" , "Contract" , "A bequest of funding" , "source of income" , "Natural talent -- won't emend (anag)" .)