Try directions and consume answer inside (9)
I believe the answer is:
endeavour
'try' is the definition.
(I know that try can be written as endeavour)
'directions and consume answer inside' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'directions' could be 'en' (east and north) and 'en' is found in the answer.
'answer' could be 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'consume' could be 'devour' (synonyms) and 'devour' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endeavour that I've seen before include "Morse" , "Industrious effort" , "Make a serious effort" , "Try - Cook's ship" , "Determined attempt" .)