Sat ladder up with a leg either side (9)
I believe the answer is:
astraddle
'a leg either side' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'sat ladder up' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'sat'+'ladder'='satladder'
'satladder' with letters rearranged gives 'ASTRADDLE'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for astraddle that I've seen before include "with legs wide apart" , "With a leg on either side of (something)" , "How the jockey wants to be" , "Across" .)