Loan shark more confident United will come first (6)
I believe the answer is:
usurer
'loan shark' is the definition.
(I know that loan shark can be written as usurer)
'more confident united will come first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'confident' could be 'sure' (similar in meaning) and 'sure' is present in the answer.
'united' could be 'u' (abbreviation) and 'u' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for usurer that I've seen before include "source of interest" , "Former name for money-lender" , "He expects lots of interest" , "One takes interest" , "Lender who charges exorbitant interest rates" .)