Cassandra’s edging away from Balearic island ward? (5)
I believe the answer is:
minor
'ward?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cassandra's edging away from balearic island' is the wordplay.
'cassandra's' becomes 'alarmist's' (both can mean someone predicting disaster).
'edging away' means to look at the middle letters.
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'balearic island' becomes 'inor' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letter of 'alarmists' is 'm'.
'm'+'inor'='MINOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for minor that I've seen before include "Smaller - child" , "Of less importance" , "Little-known" , "Of little significance" , "Morris car; tending to melancholy (mus.)" .)