Overcome pressure, cutting cost (7)
I believe the answer is:
outplay
'overcome' is the definition.
(outplaying is a kind of overcoming)
'pressure cutting cost' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pressure' could be 'p' (abbreviation) and 'p' is found in the answer.
'cost' could be 'outlay' (I've seen this before) and 'outlay' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outplay that I've seen before include "Defeat (sport)" , "Act better" , "Perform better than" , "As sportsperson, overcome" , "Excel at games" .)