Victory in Europe was attainable for the green representative (9)
I believe the answer is:
vegetable
'green representative' is the definition.
'vegetable' can be an answer for 'green' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not sure about the 'representative' bit.
'victory in europe was attainable for the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'victory' could be 've' (VE is short for Victory in Europe) and 've' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vegetable that I've seen before include "Food plant" , "carrot, perhaps" , "Edible (part of) plant" , "lady's finger, say" , "rocket, perhaps" .)