Another attempt at courting? (7)
I believe the answer is:
retrial
'courting?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'another attempt' is the wordplay.
'another' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'attempt' becomes 'trial' (trial is a kind of attempt).
're'+'trial'='RETRIAL'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retrial that I've seen before include "Second court hearing" , "Further action" , "test, after failure in first" , "Hearing repeat" , "Revived case" .)