Those favouring the end of poverty reassess periodically (5)
I believe the answer is:
yeses
'those favouring' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'end of poverty reassess periodically' is the wordplay.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'periodically' means one should take alternating letters (letters must be selected 'every so often').
The final letter of 'poverty' is 'y'.
The alternating letters of 'reassess' are 'eses'.
'y'+'eses'='YESES'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yeses that I've seen before include "Positive answers" , "agreements" , "Votes in favour" , "Consenting answers" .)