Like persuasive force, retreating to Thor’s home (6)
I believe the answer is:
asgard
'thor's home' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'like persuasive force retreating' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'persuasive force' becomes 'drag' (dragging is a kind of forcing. I am not sure about the 'persuasive' bit.).
'retreating' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'drag' backwards is 'gard'.
'as'+'gard'='ASGARD'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asgard that I've seen before include "Heavenly place" , "Heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods" , "Famous Irish yacht from the old Norse heaven" , "Abode of Norse gods" , "mythological region" .)