A drawback with small gongs (6)
I believe the answer is:
awards
'gongs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'a drawback with small' is the wordplay.
'drawback' becomes 'ward' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'a'+'ward'+'s'='AWARDS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for awards that I've seen before include "Confers upon, gives prize" , "Tony and Oscar perhaps" , "Decisions or prizes" , "Symbols of achievement" , "Prizes and trophies" .)