Line for The Apprentice, given lucre ran out (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
learning curve
'line for the apprentice' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'given lucre ran out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'given'+'lucre'+'ran'='givenlucreran'
'givenlucreran' with letters rearranged gives 'LEARNING CURVE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for learning curve that I've seen before include "Gradual acquisition of experience" , "Process of getting up to speed with info" , "Graph of educational progression?" , "Rate of progress in acquiring new skills" , "Process of increasing understanding" .)