There's no place for him (4-3)
I believe the answer is:
also-ran
'there's no place for him' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'him' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'him' could be 'oran' and 'oran' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'als' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for also-ran that I've seen before include "One of the losers" , "Not among the first three in race" , "Unplaced horse" , "Of racing horse, not placed in first three" , "This horse doesn't win" .)