Presumably, the sort Humpty Dumpty and his ilk fell back on during hard times or kept for the rainy days ahead? (8)
I believe the answer is:
nesteggs
'presumably the sort' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'humpty dumpty and his ilk fell back on during hard times or kept for the rainy days ahead?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
'humpty dumpty' could be 'egg' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'egg' is found in the answer.
'times' could be 'ests' (EST is an example) and 'ests' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for nesteggs that I've seen is " reserves".)