Affiliate really wants to get back into sales (6)
I believe the answer is:
retail
'sales' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'affiliate really wants to get back' is the wordplay.
'affiliate' becomes 'ally' (I've seen this in another clue).
'wants' suggests deleting specific letters.
'to get back' becomes 'tail' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'really' with 'ally' removed is 're'.
're'+'tail'='RETAIL'
'into' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retail that I've seen before include "Shopwork" , "This trade serves the general public" , "This trade sells direct to the public" , "report" , "High street selling" .)