Place left another year, initially (3)
I believe the answer is:
lay
'place' is the definition.
(laying is a kind of placing)
'left another year initially' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'left another year' is 'LAY'.
(Other definitions for lay that I've seen before include "Not ordained into clergy" , "in which hens regularly produce eggs?" , "bed" , "Put down (eg, card)" , "Of bird, produce egg" .)