New pater she finds tiresome at first? (10)
I believe the answer is:
stepfather
'new pater she finds tiresome at first?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'new pater she finds tiresome at first?' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'at first?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'at first' mean this).
The first letters of 'finds tiresome' is 'ft'.
'pater'+'she'+'ft'='patersheft'
'patersheft' with letters rearranged gives 'STEPFATHER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stepfather that I've seen before include "mater's new chap?" , "not original pop?" , "replacing old man" , "alternative pop" .)