In front of court, returned fire with maximal accuracy (5)
I believe the answer is:
exact
'in front of court returned fire with maximal accuracy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'in front of court returned fire' is the wordplay.
'in front of' says to put letters next to each other.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'fire' becomes 'axe' (I've seen this before).
'axe' reversed gives 'exa'.
'ct' put after 'exa' is 'EXACT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exact that I've seen before include "Not approximate; inflict (revenge) on someone" , "Demand, extort" , "As a right, demand" , "dead" , "Spot-on" .)