He put a new ending to "The Shopkeeper" (8)
I believe the answer is:
retailer
'the shopkeeper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'he put a new ending' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'he' could be 'tiler' and 'tiler' is located in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retailer that I've seen before include "High street trader?" , "Purveyor" , "Merchant" , "teller" , "One selling to consumers" .)