Trader giving players a hand? (6)
I believe the answer is:
dealer
'trader' is the definition.
(I know that trader can be written as dealer)
'players a hand?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'hand?' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right, as in the right-hand side) and 'r' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dele' 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).
'giving' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dealer that I've seen before include "Merchant" , "Card distributor" , "One who trades, perhaps on stock exchange" , "Trader; issuer of hands" , "Stockjobber" .)