Suppose the lost purse were found by me? (7)
I believe the answer is:
presume
'suppose' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the lost purse were found by me?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'purse' is 'presu' which is within the answer.
'me?' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for presume that I've seen before include "Take for granted" , "Surmise" , "Supreme (anag)" , "Believe" , "Suppose without proof" .)