Helpful purchase for the climber? (7)
I believe the answer is:
toehold
'helpful purchase' is the definition.
'toehold' can be an answer for 'purchase' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'helpful' bit.
'for the climber?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toehold that I've seen before include "Advantageous position" , "Position of initial advantage from which further substantial progress might be made" , "Small established position" , "Minor position from which further progress may be made" , "Precarious footing?" .)
