Persuade clubs to make way for first of these followers (9)
I believe the answer is:
entourage
'these followers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'persuade clubs to make way for first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
'way' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'first' could be 'a' (first letter of the alphabet) and 'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entourage that I've seen before include "Group of followers" , "Group of attendants" , "Staff" , "Ego nature found in accompanying group" , "Following" .)