Barrie heroine stripped off, showing rear (3)
I believe the answer is:
end
'rear' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)
'barrie heroine stripped off showing' is the wordplay.
'barrie heroine' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stripped off' indicates the central letters (the outer letters are stripped off).
'showing' becomes 'wording' (wording is a kind of showing).
The middle of 'wording' is 'd'.
'en'+'d'='END'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for end that I've seen before include "Finish, wind up" , "Terminus" , "Purpose of finish" , "Complete" , "Finished" .)