First sign of Steve Cram getting beaten (5)
I believe the answer is:
stuck
'beaten' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'first sign of steve cram' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first sign' could be 's' (1st letter of 'sign') and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tuck' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stuck that I've seen before include "Jammed" , "Glued" , "Will's thrust" , "Trapped" , "Lodged" .)