See work difficulty as means of escape (8)
I believe the answer is:
loophole
'means of escape' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'see work difficulty as' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic word meaning 'look!').
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'difficulty as' becomes 'hole' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lo'+'op'+'hole'='LOOPHOLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loophole that I've seen before include "Exploited legal ambiguity" , "Flaw or ambiguity in a rule" , "Way of evading a rule or contract" , "useful for defence" , "Means of evasion" .)