Initially land next to snake here? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ladder
'here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'initially land next to snake' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'next to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'snake' becomes 'adder' (adder is a kind of snake).
The first letter of 'land' is 'l'.
'l'+'adder'='LADDER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladder that I've seen before include "Run in stockings" , "Scaling device" , "Steps consisting of rungs" , "A run in a stocking" , "Opposite of snake?" .)