A party in Wicklow getting rid of leader from Donnybrook (6)
I believe the answer is:
affray
'donnybrook' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a party in wicklow getting rid of leader' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'party' could be 'ff' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ff' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ray' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for affray that I've seen before include "commotion" , "Disturbance of the peace" , "Noisy quarrel" , "Brawling" , "Fracas, noisy fight" .)