Abject circle in mining disturbed over evidence of debts (11)
I believe the answer is:
ignominious
'abject' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'circle in mining disturbed over evidence of debts' is the wordplay.
'circle in' becomes 'o' (O is a circle. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'disturbed' is an anagram indicator (the order of letters is disturbed).
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'evidence of debts' becomes 'IOUs' (I Owe Yous, promises to pay debts).
'mining' is an anagram of 'ignmin'.
'o' put into 'ignmin' is 'ignomin'.
'ignomin'+'ious'='IGNOMINIOUS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ignominious that I've seen before include "Shameful, disgraceful" , "Humiliating" , "Deserving public disgrace" , "Abject" , "base" .)