Attract engineer at a particular stage in life (6)
I believe the answer is:
engage
'attract' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'engineer at a particular stage in life' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'engineer' could be 'eng' (abbreviation) and 'eng' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ge' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for engage that I've seen before include "Employ or take on" , "Hire; get to grips with" , "Employ or pledge" , "Employ as a worker" , "attack" .)