Aftershock — in a word — seen in Madeira? (7,4)
I believe the answer is:
dessert wine
'aftershock in a word' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'seen in madeira?' is the wordplay.
'seen in' becomes 'dessert' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'madeira?' becomes 'wine' (madeira is a kind of wine).
'dessert'+'wine'='DESSERT WINE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dessert wine that I've seen before include "Alcoholic accompaniment for 6, say" , "Alcoholic accompaniment to pud" , "Tokay or Sauternes, for example" .)