Told old Irish canal worker at the lock, perhaps, to guide it through (8)
I believe the answer is:
navigate
'told old irish canal worker at the lock perhaps to guide it through' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'at the lock perhaps to guide it through' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'at' is found in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for navigate that I've seen before include "Move around a website" , "Move around while browsing the Internet" , "Plan ship's course" , "Sail - find one's way" , "Drive" .)