In charge of trophies, after initially having minor problems (7)
I believe the answer is:
hiccups
'minor problems' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in charge of trophies after initially having' is the wordplay.
'in charge of' becomes 'ic'.
'trophies' becomes 'cups' (cup is a kind of trophy).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'having' is 'h'.
'ic'+'cups'='iccups'
'iccups' after 'h' is 'HICCUPS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hiccups that I've seen before include "Minor hitches" , "spasmodic attacks" , "Minor setbacks" , "Involuntary contractions" .)