Obstructed by Knight, maid tries desperately to run (10)
I believe the answer is:
administer
'run' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'obstructed by knight maid tries desperately' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'knight' could be 'n' (chess abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'maid' is 'admi' which is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'tries' is 'ister' which is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for administer that I've seen before include "Govern" , "Run" , "Organise" , "Handle" , "give" .)