Platform giving RE teacher lift? (5)
I believe the answer is:
riser
'platform' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'giving re teacher lift?' is the wordplay.
'giving' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'lift?' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'lifted' mean this (going up in down clue)).
're' next to 'sir' is 'resir'.
'resir' backwards is 'RISER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riser that I've seen before include "Vertical piece between stair steps" , "Person getting out of bed" , "an essential to flight" , "Vertical pipe in a building" , "One getting up" .)