Like to cut rent for poorest (5)
I believe the answer is:
least
'poorest' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'like to cut rent' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'to cut' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'rent' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in another clue).
'as' inserted inside 'let' is 'LEAST'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for least that I've seen before include "No more petty" , "Smallest, being stale" , "Steal (anag)" , "Smallest in extent" , "Minimum" .)