Flood at home, getting cross after complaint (6)
I believe the answer is:
influx
'flood' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'home getting cross after complaint' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'cross' becomes 'x'.
'after complaint' becomes 'flu' (flu is a kind of disease. I am not sure about the 'after' bit.**).
'x' put after 'flu' is 'flux'.
'in'+'flux'='INFLUX'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for influx that I've seen before include "joining stream" , "Arrival of a large number of people / things" , "Entry of large numbers" , "Large visitation" , "Act of flowing in" .)