The first ever male worker and stubborn? (7)
I believe the answer is:
adamant
'stubborn?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'the first ever male worker' is the wordplay.
'the first' says to put letters next to each other.
'ever male' becomes 'adam' (Adam is an example. I am not sure about the 'ever' bit.).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'adam' next to 'ant' is 'ADAMANT'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adamant that I've seen before include "Inflexible: fabulously hard rock" , "Hard stone" , "popstar" , "Unpersuadable" , "unshakeable in purpose" .)