Letter from the front? (7)
I believe the answer is:
initial
'letter' is the definition.
(I know that initial is a type of letter)
'from the front?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for initial that I've seen before include "Endorse" , "Relating to the beginning" , "E in Eileen" , "Occurring at the start" , "Introductory" .)