Nurse to measure new recruit? (10)
I believe the answer is:
tenderfoot
'recruit?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'nurse to measure new' is the wordplay.
'nurse' becomes 'tender' (a nurse tends to patients).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'measure new' becomes 'foot' (foot is a kind of measure. I am not sure about the 'new' bit.).
'tender'+'foot'='TENDERFOOT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenderfoot that I've seen before include "Raw recruit" , "one still finding her bearings" , "Novice (chiefly US)" , "Greenhorn" , "Rookie" .)