Entangle in the middle of rent payments mishap (6)
I believe the answer is:
enmesh
'entangle' is the definition.
(I know that enmesh is a more specific form of entangle)
'middle of rent payments mishap' is the wordplay.
'middle of' says to take the centre.
'payments mishap' becomes 'mesh' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle of 'rent' is 'en'.
'en'+'mesh'='ENMESH'
'in the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enmesh that I've seen before include "Never growing old" , "To ensnare" , "Make tangled as if in a net" , "Tangle up in a net" , "Catch in net" .)