Carrying out small deeds (6)
I believe the answer is:
doings
'deeds' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'carrying out small' is the wordplay.
'carrying out' becomes 'doing' ('doing' can be a synonym of 'carrying out').
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'doing'+'s'='DOINGS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for doings that I've seen before include "Activities" , "Thingamy's" .)