Pioneer finds old Virginia between pub and hill (9)
I believe the answer is:
innovator
'pioneer' is the definition.
(I know that pioneer can be written as innovator)
'old virginia between pub and hill' is the wordplay.
'old virginia' becomes 'ova' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'between' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'inn'+'tor'='inntor'
'ova' placed inside 'inntor' is 'INNOVATOR'.
'finds' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for innovator that I've seen before include "new ideas man" , "Fresh thinker" , "Maker of change" , "Person who devises a new way of doing things" , "Pioneer" .)