Officer prepared to whistle for his money? (6)
I believe the answer is:
purser
'officer' is the definition.
(I know that purser is a type of officer)
'prepared to whistle for his money?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'money?' could be 'purse' (a purse contains money) and 'purse' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for purser that I've seen before include "Ship's officer responsible for the accounts etc" , "One contracting to be" , "Ship's steward" , "Ship's officer attending to the welfare of passengers" , "Ship's officer who keeps accounts and looks after passengers" .)