I intend turning up to block a Conservative without spirit (7)
I believe the answer is:
anaemic
'without spirit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'i intend turning up to block a conservative' is the wordplay.
'intend' becomes 'mean' (meaning is a kind of intending).
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to block' indicates putting letters inside (block can mean to plug a gap).
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'i'+'mean'='imean'
'imean' reversed gives 'naemi'.
'a'+'c'='ac'
'naemi' put within 'ac' is 'ANAEMIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anaemic that I've seen before include "Suffering from a lack of red blood cells" , "Lacking red blood cells" , "Pale, sickly" , "Bloodless, sickly" , "Deficient in red cells" .)