Big beast with article? Force outside showing self-control (11)
I believe the answer is:
forbearance
'self-control' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'big beast with article? force outside' is the wordplay.
'big beast' becomes 'bear' (bear is a kind of beast. I am not sure about the 'big' bit.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'article?' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'bear'+'an'='bearan'
'bearan' placed into 'force' is 'FORBEARANCE'.
'showing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forbearance that I've seen before include "Patience" , "Restraint" , "Patient self-control" .)