Woman who was first among everyone to get educational qualification (1,5)
I believe the answer is:
a level
'qualification' is the definition.
(I know that A Level is a type of qualification)
'woman who was first among everyone to get educational' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'eve' (Eve is an example) and 'eve' is found within the answer.
'first' could be 'a' (first letter of the alphabet) and 'a' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for a level that I've seen before include "Sixth-form exam" , "You'd have to take papers for this" , "Stage beyond GCSE" , "British schools' examination" , "'British school examination (1,5)'" .)