Who would place Yankees top? (6)
'who' is the definition.
(from 'Doctor Who', the famous TV series)
'would place yankees top?' is the wordplay.
'would' becomes 'd' (I've seen this in other clues).
'place yankees' becomes 'oc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'top?' becomes 'tor'.
'd'+'oc'+'tor'='DOCTOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for doctor that I've seen before include "Physician" , "Tamper with - falsify - one of the 14 films" , "Onshore breeze" , "change" , "Health expert" .)
But I've got no explanation for this one! Could you help me understand?
(Other definitions for better that I've seen before include "person making use of 43 [TOTE]" , "he will take risks" , "Preferable" , "More desirable; gambler" , "'Discretion is the . . . . . . part of valour'" .)