Saw advantage after removing lead weight, ultimately (5)
I believe the answer is:
adage
'saw' is the definition.
(saw can mean a proverb or saying)
'advantage after removing lead weight ultimately' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'advantage' could be 'ad' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ad' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'age' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adage that I've seen before include "Short statement expressing a general truth" , "Slogan" , "Proverb expressing a general truth" , "say it again and again!" , "Proverb, maxim" .)