What family vet might charge for effect? (10)
I believe the answer is:
perpetrate
'effect?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'what family vet might charge' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'charge' could be 'rate' (rate is a kind of charge) and 'rate' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for perpetrate that I've seen before include "Commit (a bad action)" , "Commit (crime)" , "Act" , "Carry out, commit" , "perform" .)