Famine and fatality around end of war (6)
I believe the answer is:
dearth
'famine' is the definition.
('dearth' can be a synonym of 'famine')
'fatality around end of war' is the wordplay.
'fatality' becomes 'death' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'war' is 'r'.
'death' placed around 'r' is 'DEARTH'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for dearth that I've seen before include "poverty" , "Shortage, lack" , "Scarcity - lack" , "Acute insufficiency" , "Lack of resources" .)