Initially, the women are not going to pull strings? (5)
I believe the answer is:
twang
'pull strings?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'initially the women are not going' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'the women are not going' is 'TWANG'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twang that I've seen before include "heard when listening to The Archers?" , "Plucked string sound; nasal voice" , "Nasal or musical sound" , "Nasal tone of voice" , "Noise made by a plucked string" .)