Put in a word for the working classes (11)
'put in' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'a word for the working classes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
'for' could be 'pro' (as in being 'pro' or in favour of something) and 'pro' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for proletarian that I've seen before include "Relating to the workers" , "Ordinary worker (Marxism)" , "Characteristic of the working class" , "Working-class" .)
'put' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'a word for the working classes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'for' could be 'pro' (as in being 'pro' or in favour of something) and 'pro' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for proletariat that I've seen before include "Working-class people" , "The people; workers" , "The lower orders" , "Marx's wage-earning class" , "The working class" .)