Hand emcee corporate cap as strategy (8)
I believe the answer is:
employee
'hand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'emcee corporate cap as strategy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'strategy' could be 'ploy' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ploy' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for employee that I've seen before include "Salaried worker" , "Company worker" , "Person working for wages or salary" , "Hand" , "Person in office" .)