Material makes club fold first (7)
I believe the answer is:
plywood
'material' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'club fold first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'club' could be 'wood' (wood is a kind of club) and 'wood' is present in the answer.
'fold' could be 'ply' (I've seen this before) and 'ply' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'makes' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plywood that I've seen before include "Strong laminated board" , "Board made of several thin layers" .)