Sold verse in abridged form to people looking for meaning? (7)
I believe the answer is:
solvers
'abridged form to people looking for meaning?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'sold verse in' is the wordplay.
'sold' becomes 'solers' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'verse' becomes 'v'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'solers' going around 'v' is 'SOLVERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for solvers that I've seen is " Crackers!".)