Strategic gain from concrete situation? (6)
I believe the answer is:
inroad
'strategic gain' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'from concrete situation?' is the wordplay.
'from' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'concrete situation?' becomes 'road' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in'+'road'='INROAD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inroad that I've seen before include "Encroachment, intrusion" , "Encroachment; hostile attack" , "Incursion, raid" , "One's intrusive" , "Sudden attack made into a country" .)