Succeeded making provision to screen First of the Few (10)
I believe the answer is:
scattering
'few' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'succeeded making provision to screen first of the' is the wordplay.
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
'making provision' becomes 'catering' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to screen' indicates putting letters inside (screen can mean to cover up or shield).
'first of the' becomes 't' (cst letter of 'the').
'catering' enclosing 't' is 'cattering'.
's'+'cattering'='SCATTERING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scattering that I've seen before include "Strewing" , "Throwing in various directions" .)