Shuts down shabby stores Scotsman has in centre (6)
I believe the answer is:
aborts
'shuts down' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'shabby stores scotsman has in centre' is the wordplay.
'shabby stores scotsman' becomes 'abor' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'has' becomes 'bursts with' (bursting with is a kind of having).
'in centre' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'burstswith' are 'ts'.
'abor'+'ts'='ABORTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aborts that I've seen before include "Terminates prematurely or miscarries" , "Ends prematurely" , "Brings to premature end" , "Pulls the plug on" , "Brings to premature conclusion" .)