Dislike state pension having pound deducted (8)
I believe the answer is:
aversion
'dislike' is the definition.
(aversion is a kind of dislike)
'state pension having pound deducted' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'state' could be 'aver' (both can mean to declare) and 'aver' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sion' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aversion that I've seen before include "Dislike, hatred" , "A strong dislike for something - turn away from it" , "Feeling of intense dislike" , "Disgust" , "A strong dislike or antipathy" .)