Goodwill expressed by woman visiting relations? On the contrary (5)
I believe the answer is:
amity
'goodwill' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'woman visiting relations? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'ami' and 'ami' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'expressed by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amity that I've seen before include "Cordiality" , "Friendly feeling, fraternity" , "Friendship - goodwill" , "Accord" , "understanding" .)