A way to refer to rising, showing no enthusiam (9)
I believe the answer is:
apathetic
'no enthusiam' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'a way to refer to rising' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'path' (path is a kind of way).
'to refer to' becomes 'cite' (synonyms).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'cite' written backwards gives 'etic'.
'a'+'path'+'etic'='APATHETIC'
'showing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apathetic that I've seen before include "Showing no emotion or interest" , "showing no enthusiasm" , "Listless, lacking in interest" , "I hate pact, being disintersted" , "without interest" .)