One stepping on European tackled by person on pitch? (7)
I believe the answer is:
treader
'one stepping' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'european tackled by person on pitch?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'person' could be 'trader' (trader is a kind of person) and 'trader' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for treader that I've seen before include "Plodder" , "who goes one step at a time" .)