In another place spinning wheels were lacking at first (9)
I believe the answer is:
elsewhere
'in another place' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'spinning wheels were lacking at first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'wheels' is 'elsewh' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ere' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elsewhere that I've seen before include "Not in this place - try another" , "different places" , "In a different place" , "different position" , "away" .)