Being half an hour in front causes public protest (6)
I believe the answer is:
furore
'public protest' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'being half an hour in front' is the wordplay.
'being half' means to take half the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'front' becomes 'fore' (fore is a kind of front).
'hour' cut in half is 'ur'.
'ur' placed inside 'fore' is 'FURORE'.
'causes' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for furore that I've seen before include "Wild excitement; craze" , "A general uproar or noisy scene" , "Outbreak of public anger or excitement" , "'Uproar, brouhaha (6)'" , "Turmoil, uproar" .)