Help for the worker given the push (4-3)
I believe the answer is:
hand-out
'the push' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'help for the worker' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of help).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the worker' becomes 'out' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hand'+'out'='HAND-OUT'
'given' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hand-out that I've seen before include "Something distributed free of charge, or notes given in class" , "Distribute - information to the press" , "Notes givne in class - with outstretched palm" , "Something given free of charge, maybe a leaflet" , "Freely given aid" .)