He finds seats for us above the woman (5)
I believe the answer is:
usher
'woman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'he finds seats for us above' is the wordplay.
'finds' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'seats' says to take the final letters.
'above' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
The final letter of 'for' is 'r'.
'he' put next to 'r' is 'her'.
'her' after 'us' is 'USHER'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usher that I've seen before include "falling house" , "Doorkeeper in parliament or 29 down" , "Cinema or theatre worker" , "One escorts people to seats" , "One who should lead the way" .)