Home-maker left feeding dog (7)
I believe the answer is:
settler
'home-maker' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'left feeding dog' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'feeding' means one lot of letters goes inside another (one word is fed by another set of letters).
'dog' becomes 'setter' (setter is a type of dog).
'l' put into 'setter' is 'SETTLER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for settler that I've seen before include "Coloniser - arbitrator" , "Early colonist" , "Colonist, pioneer" , "newcomer, perhaps" , "One taking up residence in a new area" .)