Joseph's an elderly person, easily exploited (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
joe soap
'easily exploited' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'joseph's an elderly person' is the wordplay.
'joseph's an' becomes 'joes' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'elderly person' becomes 'OAP' (old-age pensioner).
'joes'+'oap'='JOE SOAP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for joe soap that I've seen before include "One saddled with nasty work" , "Fellow" , "scapegoat" , "He's just an ordinary man - but clean?" , "dopey sort" .)
