A street fighter, primarily at scuffles, sustained smack in the mouth? (10)
I believe the answer is:
aftertaste
'a street fighter primarily at scuffles sustained smack in the mouth?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'a street fighter primarily at scuffles' is the wordplay.
'fighter' becomes 'F' (abbreviation in war plane e.g. F-16 etc.).
'primarily' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'scuffles' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'scuffling' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'street' put after 'f' is 'fstreet'.
'fstreet'+'at'='fstreetat'
'fstreetat' with letters rearranged gives 'ftertaste'.
'a'+'ftertaste'='AFTERTASTE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aftertaste that I've seen before include "residual sensation" , "Residue on the palate" , "Unpleasant feeling left behind" , "Relish experienced" , "Lingering impression" .)