Exercising available scope, deals with things (5)
I believe the answer is:
copes
'deals with things' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'exercising available scope' is the wordplay.
'scope' anagrams to 'COPES'.
But, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for copes that I've seen before include "'Manages, gets by (5)'" , "Manages; church vestments" , "Somehow manages" , "Manages successfully, gets by" .)