The price of a pint for one in Daisy's family (7)
I believe the answer is:
alecost
'one in daisy's family' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'the price of a pint' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alecost that I've seen before include "Herb" , "plant" , "used to provide flavouring for beer" .)