The German supporting yankee working some distance away (6)
I believe the answer is:
yonder
'some distance away' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'the german supporting yankee working' is the wordplay.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'y'+'on'='yon'
'der' after 'yon' is 'YONDER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yonder that I've seen before include "that one" , "Rodney (anag.)" , "In that direction" , "Over there (poetic)" , "Distant but within sight" .)