It’s in difficult roles that one maybe makes little progress (7)
I believe the answer is:
loiters
'one maybe makes little progress' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'it's in difficult roles' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'it' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'difficult' is an anagram indicator.
'roles' is an anagram of 'loers'.
'it' going inside 'loers' is 'LOITERS'.
'that' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loiters that I've seen before include "Waits idly" , "Hangs around" , "dawdles" , "Hangs about idly" , "Hangs about with toilers" .)