Supervisor willing to study conflict first (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
game warden
'supervisor' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'willing to study conflict first' is the wordplay.
'willing' becomes 'game' (game can mean willing to do something).
'to study' becomes 'den' (den can mean an office or study).
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'den' after 'war' is 'warden'.
'game'+'warden'='GAME WARDEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for game warden that I've seen before include "Ranger" , "Reserve keeper" , "reserve worker" , "Wild animal guardian" , "One employed to protect rhinos, say" .)