Having daughter in control an explosive mixture? (6)
I believe the answer is:
powder
'an explosive mixture?' is the definition.
(gunpowder)
'having daughter in control' is the wordplay.
'having daughter' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'control' becomes 'power' (I've seen this before).
'd' going inside 'power' is 'POWDER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for powder that I've seen before include "Sort of snow" , "A solid that has been pulverized" , "Solid that has been pulverised" , "Pulverise" , "Small loose particles" .)