Partners with a house up for partial sale? (6)
I believe the answer is:
couple
'partial sale?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'partners with a house up' is the wordplay.
'partners with' becomes 'cole' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a house' is an insertion indicator.
'cole' enclosing 'up' is 'COUPLE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for couple that I've seen before include "The pair to join together" , "Pair of attached people" , "Unite" , "Pair - put together" , "Pair, duo" .)