Seek to discover where to apply leverage? (3)
I believe the answer is:
pry
'leverage?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'seek to discover where' is the wordplay.
'seek' becomes 'ry' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'discover' says to take the centre (I've seen 'discovered' mean this).
'where' becomes 'japan' (I've seen this before).
The middle of 'japan' is 'p'.
'ry' after 'p' is 'PRY'.
'to apply' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pry that I've seen before include "Be inquisitive" , "Peer impertinently, stick nose in" , "Snoop, poke about" , "Poke into matters not your concern" , "Stick nose into other's business" .)