Vicar and WI upset about large domestic conflict (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
civil war
'domestic conflict' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'vicar and wi upset about large' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'vicar' after 'wi' is 'wivicar'.
'wivicar' is an anagram of 'civiwar'.
'civiwar' enclosing 'l' is 'CIVIL WAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for civil war that I've seen before include "Cromwell's conflict" , "Armed conflict within one nation" , "Conflict between regions of the same nation" , "Fraternal conflict within country - Ireland had one" , "Conflict between factions within same nation" .)