Like newsprint to be profitable, protecting salesperson’s turnover (6)
I believe the answer is:
papery
'like newsprint to' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'profitable protecting salesperson's turnover' is the wordplay.
'profitable' becomes 'pay' (I've seen this before).
'protecting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are held or protected).
'salesperson' becomes 'rep' (sales rep).
'turnover' says the letters should be written in reverse (the letters turn over).
'rep' written backwards gives 'per'.
'pay' placed around 'per' is 'PAPERY'.
'be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for papery that I've seen is " Fragile".)