Humiliation of duke on personal trip (8)
I believe the answer is:
downfall
'humiliation of duke on personal trip' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'duke on personal trip' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'personal' becomes 'own' (eg one's own possessions are personal possessions).
'trip' becomes 'fall' (trip can mean to fall over).
'd'+'own'+'fall'='DOWNFALL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for downfall that I've seen before include "state of ruin" , "Ruin, humiliation" , "Loss of power or prosperity, a serious tumble" , "burst of rain" , "(Cause of) ruin" .)