Signing for the better team in City, kid initially put on course
I believe the answer is:
ticktack
'signing for the better' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'team in city kid initially put on course' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'put on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'course' becomes 'tack' (I've seen this before**).
The first letters of 'team in city kid' is 'tick'.
'tick'+'tack'='TICKTACK'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for ticktack that I've seen is " Bookies' semaphore".)